19-letter words containing n, o, r, w, i
- wassermann reaction — a diagnostic test for syphilis using the fixation of a complement by the serum of a syphilitic individual.
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- western yellow pine — ponderosa pine.
- what's your poison? — what would you like to drink?
- white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
- white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- wire-wound resistor — a resistor consisting of a wire with a high resistance wound in a coil around a cylindrical core of insulating material.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- with your eyes open — If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.
- withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
- within one's rights — If you say that someone is within their rights to do something, you mean that they are morally or legally entitled to do it.
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
- woman in the street — the average woman: a new magazine for the woman in the street.
- writ of prohibition — a command by a higher court that a lower court shall not exercise jurisdiction in a particular case.
- write-protect notch — a cut-out on a floppy disk that determines whether a disk is writable
- writing on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- yellowtail flounder — a righteyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.