17-letter words containing g, e, t, n, o, w
- agenbite of inwit — remorse of conscience
- at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
- breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
- circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
- converged network — (networking) A single network that can carry voice, video and data.
- down the plughole — If you say that something has gone down the plughole, you mean that it has failed or has been lost or wasted.
- edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
- flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.
- george washington — 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.
- get into bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
- glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
- go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
- horst wessel song — the official song of the Nazi party in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
- in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
- intelligence work — spying
- law of the jungle — a system or mode of action in which the strongest survive, presumably as animals in nature or as human beings whose activity is not regulated by the laws or ethics of civilization.
- longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
- network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
- northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
- on the wrong foot — in an inauspicious manner
- on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- pointer swizzling — swizzle
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
- singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
- social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
- software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- the lower regions — hell
- the whole boiling — the whole lot
- the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
- the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
- to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
- top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
- tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- tree of knowledge — the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen. 2, 3
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
- wage negotiations — talks between workers and employers over rates of pay
- wang laboratories — (body) Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
- warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
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