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14-letter words containing w, e, s, t

  • wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • winter jasmine — a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • witness corner — a point, marked by a monument, situated at a known distance from and bearing relative to a corner that is used as a reference point but on which it is impossible to place a monument. Compare corner (def 10a).
  • wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
  • wollaston wire — extremely fine wire formed by a process (Wollaston process) in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.
  • wollstonecraftMary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • women's centre — a centre providing medical or social services for women
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
  • worcesterberry — a North American wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • work prospects — chances of gaining employment
  • worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
  • 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.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
  • yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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