14-letter words containing w, e, t, n
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- cremnitz white — lead white.
- crown attorney — a lawyer who acts for the Crown, esp as prosecutor in a criminal court
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
- disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- electrowinning — a means of extracting metal from ore using electrolysis
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- employment law — rules governing working practices
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
- ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
- exit interview — an interview held with an employee who is leaving an organization in order to learn the employee's opinion of his or her time spent at the organization, reasons for departure, etc
- expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- fellow citizen — law: national of same country
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- fellow student — sb studying at same institution
- flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- get funny with — to be impudent to
- get in the way — be an obstacle
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.