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14-letter words containing wo

  • household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
  • in other words — that is to say
  • kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
  • linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
  • longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • measure swords — to duel with swords
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
  • 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.
  • migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
  • miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • 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.
  • network number — network address
  • neural network — artificial neural network
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
  • newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
  • newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
  • poison dogwood — poison sumac.
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
  • puncture wound — injury: perforation
  • put into words — express in language
  • railway worker — railroad employee
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
  • sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • shittim (wood) — the wood of the shittah, used in making the ark of the covenant and parts of the Jewish tabernacle: Ex. 25:10, 13, 23, etc.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
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