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14-letter words containing w, i, s, e

  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • silent witness — a person who observes but makes no comment on or has no involvement in an action
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • sit-down money — social security benefits
  • skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
  • snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
  • snow-in-summer — a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
  • 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
  • street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
  • the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
  • the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
  • the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
  • tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
  • two-time loser — a person who has been sentenced to prison twice, especially for a major crime in a state where a third sentence is mandatory life imprisonment.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
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