15-letter words containing wa
- above the water — out of trouble or difficulty, esp financial trouble
- adamawa-eastern — a branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages, centered in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic, including Sango and Zande.
- aerial cableway — a transport system in which cars, buckets, etc run on cables.
- afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
- air-raid warden — a member of a civil defence organization responsible for enforcing regulations, etc, during an air attack
- articles of war — the disciplinary and legal procedures by which the naval and military forces of Great Britain were bound before the 19th century
- away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
- backup software — (tool, software) Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
- be a wake-up to — to be fully alert to (a person, thing, action, etc)
- be carried away — to be moved to great or unreasoning emotion or enthusiasm
- be on one's way — If you are on your way, you have started your journey somewhere.
- blackwall hitch — a knot for hooking tackle to the end of a rope, holding fast when pulled but otherwise loose
- brand awareness — the extent to which consumers are aware of a particular product or service
- caldecott award — an annual award in the U.S. for an outstanding illustrated juvenile book.
- call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
- cetti's warbler — a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler, Cettia cetti, with a distinctive song
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
- coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- 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.
- delaware jargon — a jargon based on Unami Delaware, now extinct but formerly used as a lingua franca in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
- 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.
- divided highway — a superhighway with a broad median strip, designed to prevent collisions, headlight glare, etc., between vehicles moving in opposite directions, and usually having limited or cloverleaf access.
- dougherty wagon — a horse- or mule-drawn passenger wagon having doors on the side, transverse seats, and canvas sides that can be rolled down.
- downward closed — closure
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- edwards plateau — a highland area in SW Texas. 2000–5000 feet (600–1500 meters) high.
- ennerdale water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- 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.
- fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
- 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.
- flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
- fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
- forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
- forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
- freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- go on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
- graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
- 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.
- gregorian water — a mixture of water, salt, ashes, and wine, blessed and sprinkled over the altar in the consecration of a church.
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