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15-letter words containing w

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
  • follow-up visit — a visit made as a follow-up to an initial visit
  • 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.
  • 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 lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
  • free throw line — foul line (def 2).
  • 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).
  • front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
  • fundamental law — the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
  • get a wiggle on — to hurry up
  • get the wind up — to become frightened
  • get wise to sth — If you get wise to something, you find out about it, especially when someone has been trying to keep it secret.
  • 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)
  • gibson, william — William Gibson
  • 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 on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
  • go through with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
  • good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
  • goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
  • goody two-shoes — goody-goody
  • goody-two-shoes — a goody-goody.
  • grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • grasp at straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  • 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.
  • green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
  • greenland whale — an arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus, that is black with a cream-coloured throat
  • 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.
  • groundwood pulp — wood pulp consisting of groundwood that has not been cooked or chemically treated, used for making newsprint and other poorer grades of paper.
  • growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
  • hard row to hoe — a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line: a row of apple trees.
  • hardware dealer — a person or shop who deals in metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
  • have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
  • have a way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • have a whack at — to aim a blow at
  • have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
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