14-letter words containing w, e, i, r, t
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
- guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
- hattie caraway — Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- in other words — that is to say
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- interfere with — tamper with
- interwreathing — Present participle of interwreathe.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
- maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
- milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
- mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
- newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
- norbert wiener — Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
- noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
- nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
- one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece