15-letter words containing n, w, b
- man-of-war bird — frigate bird.
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- number one wood — driver (def 4).
- old boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
- old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
- on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
- primary rainbow — the most commonly seen rainbow, formed by light rays that undergo a single internal reflection in a drop of water.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- robertson screw — a screw having a square hole in the head into which a screwdriver with a square point (Robertson screwdriver (trademark)) fits
- rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- strawberry roan — a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.
- subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
- swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
- synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
- walloon brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the S part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 360 717 (2004 est). Area: 1091 sq km (421 sq miles)
- warrantableness — Quality of being warrantable.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wellington boot — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- whalebone whale — any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- 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.