15-letter words containing n, o, w, h
- john lewis list — a list used by clerks in the House of Commons to assess the amount that may reasonably be claimed for various items by Members of Parliament as living expenses
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- man of his word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.
- meals on wheels — a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.
- mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- new port richey — a town in central Florida.
- new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
- new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
- newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
- nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- north tonawanda — a city in W New York.
- north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- norwich terrier — one of an English breed of small, short-legged terriers having a straight, wiry, red, gray, or black-and-tan coat, and erect ears that distinguish it from the Norfolk terrier.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- one-two (punch) — a sequence of two quick punches, esp. a jab with the left hand followed at once by a hard blow with the right
- orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
- personal growth — development as an individual
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
- shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- show one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- show one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.