15-letter words containing w, e, l, o, m
- the common weal — the good of society
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- waterfall model — (programming) A software life-cycle or product life-cycle model, described by W. W. Royce in 1970, in which development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phases of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (validation), integration and maintenance. The Waterfall Model is considered old-fashioned or simplistic by proponents of object-oriented design which often uses the spiral model instead. Earlier phases are sometimes called "upstream" and later ones "downstream". Compare: iterative model.
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- well-documented — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- well-formedness — rightly or pleasingly formed: a well-formed contour.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- women's shelter — woman's refuge
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.