15-letter words containing a, n, t, w
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north tonawanda — a city in W New York.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
- port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- sergeant at law — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- strawberry roan — a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
- swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks