14-letter words containing w, e, r, y
- new york state — New York (def 1).
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- property owner — sb who owns a building or land
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- railway worker — railroad employee
- raise eyebrows — cause surprise
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
- screw conveyor — a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- take away from — detract
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- two-way street — an arrangement or a situation involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- van der weyden — Rogier (roːˈxiːr). ?1400–64, Flemish painter, esp of religious works and portraits
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.