15-letter words containing w, r, i
- daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
- daughter-in-law — Someone's daughter-in-law is the wife of their son.
- de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- demolition work — the work of knocking down buildings
- dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
- distilled water — water from which impurities, as dissolved salts and colloidal particles, have been removed by one or more processes of distillation; chemically pure water.
- drawing account — an account used by a partner or employee for cash withdrawals.
- drive-up window — a window through which customers are served at a drive-through facility.
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- electric wiring — the wires which allow electricity to flow somewhere
- emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- every which way — Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
- false miterwort — foamflower.
- fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
- field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
- finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
- fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
- first world war — World War I.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
- flow of spirits — natural happiness
- flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
- flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
- flowers of zinc — a white or yellowish-white, amorphous, odorless, water-insoluble powder, ZnO, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in cosmetics, dental cements, matches, white printing inks, and opaque glass, and in medicine in the treatment of skin conditions.
- forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
- fraternal twins — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- free throw line — foul line (def 2).
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
- go through with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- great awakening — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
- great white way — the theater district along Broadway, near Times Square in New York City.
- green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
- gregorian water — a mixture of water, salt, ashes, and wine, blessed and sprinkled over the altar in the consecration of a church.
- grid networking — a type of computer networking that harnesses unused processing cycles of ordinary desktop computers to create a virtual supercomputer
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- hawaiian guitar — a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers.
- heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.