17-letter words containing o, n, e, s, w

japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
jehovah's witness — A Jehovah's Witness is a member of a religious organization which accepts some Christian ideas and believes that the world is going to end very soon.
john wilkes booth — Ballington [bal-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
kawasaki syndrome — a syndrome, usually afflicting children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, rashes, irritated eyes and mucous membranes, etc. with possible damage to the cardiovascular system
kennesaw mountain — a mountain in N Georgia, near Atlanta: battle 1864. 1809 feet (551 meters).
king george's war — a war (1744–48) waged by England and its colonies against France, constituting the North American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession.
know one's onions — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
lake winnipegosis — a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba. Area: 5400 sq km (2086 sq miles)
lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
microsoft network — The Microsoft Network
mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
move one's bowels — to pass waste matter from the large intestine; defecate
narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
new expressionism — neo-expressionism.
new lease on life — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
new orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
observation tower — lookout, observation point
off one's own bat — If someone does something off their own bat, they do it without anyone else suggesting it.
on one's own hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
on one's own time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
pay someone's way — to pay someone's share of the expenses
peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
pointer swizzling — swizzle
power supply unit — (hardware) (PSU) An electronic module that converts high voltage (110 or 240 VAC) alternating current mains electricity into smoothed direct current at the various differnt voltages required by the motherboard; internal peripheral devices, cheifly storage devices: hard disks, CD or DVD, floppy disks and external connections such as USB. A PSU needs a high enough power output rating to supply all the devices connected to it and should output as little as possible electrical noise, both on the output wires and as electromagnetic radiation. See also uninterruptable power supply.
pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
put the screws on — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
settlement worker — a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.

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