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16-letter words containing d, o, w, n, i

  • lord howe island — an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
  • monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
  • most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
  • mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
  • narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
  • network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
  • nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
  • no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
  • norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
  • of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
  • otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
  • projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • regent bowerbird — a bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, the males of which have deep black plumage with brilliant golden head, neck, and wing patches and build elaborate bowers.
  • robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
  • round the wrekin — the long way round
  • seaside knotweed — See under knotweed.
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • social darwinism — a 19th-century theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions and in accord with which a position of laissez-faire is advocated.
  • speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
  • swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • the written word — writing rather than speaking
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • to wine and dine — If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • washington, d. c — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • washington, d.c. — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • well conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
  • well-conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
  • well-intentioned — well-meaning.
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
  • wilson's disease — a rare hereditary disease in which copper accumulates in the brain and liver, gradually leading to tremors, muscular rigidity, kidney malfunction, and cognitive disturbances: marked by Kayser-Fleischer rings.
  • windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • windowless monad — (in the philosophy of Leibniz) a monad having no direct causal or perceptual relation with any other monad.
  • windowpane shell — capiz.
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