15-letter words containing n, g, w
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing machine — an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
- weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
- well-engineered — a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- wellington boot — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
- western tanager — a tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, of western North America, the male of which is black, yellow, and orange-red.
- whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white lightning — moonshine (def 1).
- wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
- window cleaning — the task of washing and shining windows
- window dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- window shopping — browsing store displays
- window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- winning gallery — a winning opening on the hazard side, below the penthouse and farthest from the dedans. Compare dedans (def 1), grille (def 5).
- winning opening — the dedans, winning gallery, or grille.
- wintergreen oil — methyl salicylate.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.
- wittgensteinian — Ludwig (Josef Johann) [loot-vikh yoh-zef yoh-hahn,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx ˈyoʊ zɛf ˈyoʊ hɑn,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1889–1951, Austrian philosopher.
- wondermongering — the promising of miracles
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
- working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
- working drawing — an accurately measured and detailed drawing of a structure, machine, etc., or of any part of one, used as a guide to workers in constructing it.
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wring sb's neck — If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
- wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.