13-letter words containing n, e, t, w, o
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- in the way of — similar to, like
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- internet worm — (networking, security) The November 1988 worm perpetrated by Robert T. Morris. The worm was a program which took advantage of bugs in the Sun Unix sendmail program, Vax programs, and other security loopholes to distribute itself to over 6000 computers on the Internet. The worm itself had a bug which made it create many copies of itself on machines it infected, which quickly used up all available processor time on those systems. Some call it "The Great Worm" in a play on Tolkien (compare elvish, elder days). In the fantasy history of his Middle Earth books, there were dragons powerful enough to lay waste to entire regions; two of these (Scatha and Glaurung) were known as "the Great Worms". This usage expresses the connotation that the RTM hack was a sort of devastating watershed event in hackish history; certainly it did more to make non-hackers nervous about the Internet than anything before or since.
- into the wind — against the wind or upwind
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
- job interview — a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out if they are suitable for a post of employment
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- know by heart — have memorized
- lancet window — a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- mid wicket on — mid on.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- network storm — broadcast storm
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- new to a game — If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- north by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of north. Abbreviation: NbW.
- north-western — North-western means in or from the north-west of a region or country.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- nylon letdown — evacuation from an aircraft by means of a parachute.
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- once or twice — If you have done something once or twice, you have done it a few times, but not very often.
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- out one's way — in, to, or near one's neighborhood
- out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- oversweetness — the state of being too sweet
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.