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

  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
  • white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
  • 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.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • winter aconite — a small Old World plant, Eranthis hyemalis, of the buttercup family, often cultivated for its bright-yellow flowers, which appear very early in the spring.
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • winter jasmine — a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
  • with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
  • witness corner — a point, marked by a monument, situated at a known distance from and bearing relative to a corner that is used as a reference point but on which it is impossible to place a monument. Compare corner (def 10a).
  • 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.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wriggle out of — evade: a duty
  • wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
  • wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
  • writ of extent — extent (def 4a).
  • write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
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