14-letter words containing w, i, r, e, l
- 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).
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- 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.
- miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- 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.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- one-liner wars — (games, programming) A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- 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
- parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
- perimeter wall — a wall that serves as a boundary around something
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- phillips screw — a screw having a cruciform slot into which a screwdriver with a cruciform point (Phillips screwdriver (trademark)) fits
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- 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.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- railway worker — railroad employee
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
- scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.