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14-letter words containing w, r, s, t

  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
  • escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
  • expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
  • farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
  • featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
  • fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
  • fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
  • freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
  • frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
  • frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
  • hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
  • hawaiian shirt — a short-sleeved, loose-fitting, open-collar shirt originally worn in Hawaii, made of lightweight fabric printed in colorful, often bold designs of flowers, leaves, birds, beaches, etc.
  • hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • in other words — that is to say
  • indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
  • kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • know the score — understand the situation
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
  • 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 tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
  • microsoft word — (text, tool, product)   A popular word processor, part of the Microsoft Office suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally text-based (non-GUI) and ran under MS-DOS. Then Microsoft released Word for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0.
  • middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • network closet — (networking)   The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
  • new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
  • new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
  • new jersey tea — a North American shrub, Ceanothus americanus, of the buckthorn family, the leaves of which were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution.
  • new york state — New York (def 1).
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
  • newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
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