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

  • a law unto itself — a person or thing that is outside established laws
  • agenbite of inwit — remorse of conscience
  • american woodbine — a North American plant, related to the honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium
  • american wormseed — a plant with seeds used in medicine to treat worm infestation, Chenopodium ambrosioides
  • an effort of will — If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
  • at one's own risk — If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility.
  • at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
  • babe in the woods — a baby or child.
  • barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
  • between two fires — between two attacks; shot at, criticized, etc. from both sides
  • biological weapon — a weapon which uses a biological agent to harm people and other living organisms
  • blowpipe analysis — a type of chemical analysis in which the intensely hot flame of a blowpipe vaporizes a mineral or other substance with a characteristically colored flame and a unique odor, so as to identify chemical elements in a substance
  • bowel obstruction — a blockage in the bowel
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • broad-winged hawk — an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.
  • broken white line — a regular, discontinuous white line on a roadway, indicating that overtaking is permitted
  • brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
  • browserconfig.xml — (web)   A Microsoft configuration file used to customise the appearance and behaviour of website links pinned to the Windows start screen or desktop taskbar. browserconfig.xml allows the site owner to specify things like badges and tile images.
  • bull's-eye window — bull's-eye (def 7).
  • canadian pondweed — a North American aquatic plant, Elodea (or Anacharis) canadensis, naturalized in Europe, having crowded dark green leaves: family Hydrocharitaceae. It is used in aquariums
  • canarybird flower — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum peregrinum, of Peru, having round, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • capital allowance — the practice of allowing a certain amount of money spent by a company on fixed assets to be taken off the profits of the company before tax is imposed
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • closing-down sale — a sale held to clear stock from a shop that is ceasing to operate
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
  • cromwellian chair — an upright oaken chair, often with arms, having all pieces turned and a seat and back panel of leather or cloth attached with brass-headed nails.
  • deepwater horizon — an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles (64km) south-east off the coast of Louisiana, that suffered a massive oil spill following an explosion in April 2010
  • diocletian window — a window in the form of a round-headed archway with a narrower compartment on either side, the side compartments usually being capped with entablatures on which the arch of the central compartment rests.
  • down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
  • down-in-the-mouth — glum
  • downwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • downwardly-mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • dress-down friday — In some companies employees are allowed to wear clothes that are less smart than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a dress-down Friday.
  • drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
  • eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
  • explosion welding — the welding of two parts forced together by a controlled explosion
  • flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
  • flowering dogwood — a North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, having small greenish flowers in the spring, surrounded by white or pink bracts that resemble petals: the state flower and the state tree of Virginia.
  • flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.
  • freewill offering — a voluntary religious contribution made in addition to what may be expected or required.
  • front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
  • george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • get into bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
  • go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
  • guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
  • hoare powerdomain — powerdomain

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