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14-letter words containing w, i, n, t, e, r

  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
  • migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
  • newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
  • norbert wiener — Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
  • noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
  • nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • 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
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
  • preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
  • preventive war — an attack against a possible enemy to prevent an attack by that enemy at a later time.
  • quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
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