15-letter words containing i, n, w
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- cooktown orchid — a purple Australian orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum, found in Queensland, of which it is the floral emblem
- counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- crashworthiness — the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash
- crawling horror — (jargon) Ancient crufty hardware or software that is kept obstinately alive by forces beyond the control of the hackers at a site. Like dusty deck or gonkulator, but connotes that the thing described is not just an irritation but an active menace to health and sanity. "Mostly we code new stuff in C, but they pay us to maintain one big Fortran II application from nineteen-sixty-X that's a real crawling horror." Compare WOMBAT.
- criminal lawyer — a lawyer who deals with criminal rather than civil cases
- cross-ownership — ownership of two or more similar or related businesses, as communications media, especially in the same locality: to forbid cross-ownership of newspapers and TV or radio stations in the same city.
- daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
- daughter-in-law — Someone's daughter-in-law is the wife of their son.
- demolition work — the work of knocking down buildings
- diamond wedding — the 60th, or occasionally the 75th, anniversary of a marriage
- dissolving view — an effect created by the projection of slides on a screen in such a way that each picture seems to dissolve into the succeeding one without an interval in between.
- down the middle — If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
- downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
- drawing account — an account used by a partner or employee for cash withdrawals.
- drive-up window — a window through which customers are served at a drive-through facility.
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- electric wiring — the wires which allow electricity to flow somewhere
- emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
- fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
- field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
- fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
- flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
- 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.
- 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 line — foul line (def 2).
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- get a wiggle on — to hurry up
- get the wind up — to become frightened
- 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
- go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
- great awakening — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
- green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.