14-letter words containing w, e, l, o
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
- honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
- hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- injection well — a deep well into which pressurized fluids are injected for waste disposal, to improve the recovery of petroleum, or in solution mining.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
- like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
- linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
- long-eared owl — a mottled-gray owl, Asio otus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long tuft on each side of the head.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- lose one's way — If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere.
- low technology — any technology utilizing equipment and production techniques that are relatively unsophisticated (opposed to high technology).
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- 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).
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lowside window — (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside.
- make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- martello tower — a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
- mount wrangell — a mountain in S Alaska, in the W Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4269 m (14 005 ft)
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- network closet — (networking) The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
- neural network — artificial neural network
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell