14-letter words containing ea
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- treasure state — Montana (used as a nickname).
- treasure trove — If you describe something or someone as a treasure trove of a particular thing, you mean that they are a very good or rich source of that thing.
- treasure-trove — anything of the nature of treasure or a treasury that one finds: Mother's attic was a treasure-trove of memorabilia.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- treatment room — doctor's office
- tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
- trick or treat — Halloween tradition
- trick-or-treat — to become involved or take part in trick or treat.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
- ultrarealistic — extremely realistic
- unbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
- unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- unpleasantness — the quality or state of being unpleasant.
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unrenounceable — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- up to the ears — very deeply
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- water measurer — a slender heteropterous bug, Hydrometra stagnorum, that has a greatly elongated head and is found on still or sluggish water where it preys on water fleas, mosquito larvae, etc
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- ways and means — methods
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- wear-resistant — resistant to damage from normal wear or usage
- wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- weil's disease — a type of leptospirosis in humans, characterized by fever and jaundice, caused by the spirochete Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.