14-letter words containing w, e, k
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
- take away from — detract
- take one's way — to go on a journey; travel
- the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- to get to work — If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
- tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
- twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
- west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wide-awake hat — a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment
- working memory — temporary or short-term recall
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.
- write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
- yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
- you never know — You say 'You never know' or 'One never knows' to indicate that it is not definite or certain what will happen in the future, and to suggest that there is some hope that things will turn out well.