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14-letter words containing w, i, e, l, a, n

  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • 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.
  • willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
  • window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • 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.
  • wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
  • wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
  • yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
  • yellow jasmine — Carolina jessamine.
  • yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
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