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15-letter words containing w, l, u

  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
  • rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
  • rod pumped well — A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
  • rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
  • sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • town councillor — member of municipal government
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • tweet you later — (on the Twitter website) goodbye; see you later
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • unknown soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.
  • untrustworthily — in an untrustworthy manner; not trustworthily
  • upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
  • upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
  • walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
  • wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
  • wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
  • walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
  • wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
  • weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
  • well turned out — smartly dressed
  • well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
  • well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
  • well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
  • well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • well-documented — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
  • well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
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