14-letter words containing w, h, e, l, a
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
- new netherland — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- paddle-wheeler — a steamboat propelled by a paddle wheel
- pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
- play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
- 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.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- quarter hollow — a deep cove or cavetto.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- showplace home — a historic house
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
- steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- swelled-headed — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swollen-headed — conceited
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
- the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-rehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- wheel and axle — a simple machine consisting, in its typical form, of a cylindrical drum to which a wheel concentric with the drum is firmly fastened: ropes are so applied that as one unwinds from the wheel, another rope is wound on to the drum.
- wheel and deal — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.