20-letter words containing o, n, w, e

greenwich hour angle — hour angle measured from the meridian of Greenwich, England.
grey-crowned babbler — an insect-eating Australian bird, Pomatostomus temporalis of the family Timaliidae
group of twenty-four — a group of twenty-four rich and industrialized countries of the world, whose heads of government meet regularly to coordinate the position of developing countries on monetary and development issues
have come a long way — If you say that someone or something has come a long way, you mean that they have developed, progressed, or become very successful.
helmeted guinea fowl — the common guinea fowl in its wild state.
heston and isleworth — a former borough, now part of Hounslow, in SE England, near London.
holy water sprinkler — morning star (def 2).
how about something? — what is your wish, opinion, or information concerning something (or someone)?
how are you keeping? — how are you?
human growth hormone — somatotropin. Abbreviation: hGH.
hurricane-force wind — a wind, not necessarily a hurricane, having a speed of more than 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec): the strongest of the winds.
imported currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
indicated horsepower — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
junior featherweight — a boxer weighing up to 122 pounds (54.9 kg), between bantamweight and featherweight.
king's-pawn openings — a class of chess openings in which the pawn in front of the king is advanced two squares on the first move.
know all the answers — be opinionated
knowledge management — data technology
law of large numbers — the theorem in probability theory that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases and approximates the probability times the number of experiments for a large number of experiments.
law of superposition — Geology. a basic law of geochronology, stating that in any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest layer is on top and the oldest on bottom, each layer being younger than the one beneath it and older than the one above it.
law-and-order issues — issues concerning law and social conventions
lead with one's chin — to act so imprudently as to invite disaster
let someone off with — to give (a light punishment) to someone
llywelyn ap iorwerth — called Llywelyn the Great. died 1240, prince of Gwynedd, N Wales (1194–1238), who extended his rule over most of Wales
look homeward, angel — a novel (1929) by Thomas Wolfe.
microcrystalline wax — Microcrystalline wax is a wax used as a stiffening agent and as a coating agent for tablets and capsules.
microsoft networking — (networking) Microsoft's name for the networking subsystems of Windows 95 and later. Not to be confused with The Microsoft Network. Microsoft networking uses the SMB file sharing protocol. It is implemented as file system drivers i.e. "installable file systems" (IFS). The network redirector "Client for Microsoft Networks", is implemented in the VREDIR.VXD virtual device driver. Peer resource sharing is provided by "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" (VSERVER.VXD). Windows 95's support for Netware (NCP) networks is provided in a similar way via NWREDIR.VXD and NWSERVER.VXD.
microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began
minkowski space-time — a four-dimensional space in which three coordinates specify the position of a point in space and the fourth represents the time at which an event occurred at that point
model-view-presenter — (programming) (MVP) A user interface architectural pattern where functions are separated between the model, view and presenter. The model defines the data to be displayed or otherwise acted upon in the user interface. The view displays data from the model and routes user commands (events) to the presenter to act upon that data. The presenter retrieves data from the model and displays it in the view. The implementation of MVP can vary as to how much presentation logic is handled by the presenter and the view. In a web application most presentation logic is usually in the view which runs in the web browser. MVP is one of the MV* variations of the MVC pattern.
mollweide projection — homolographic projection.
neighbourhood warden — a person employed by a local authority to patrol residential areas and deal with antisocial behaviour
network transparency — (networking) A feature of an operating system or other service which lets the user access a remote resource through a network without having to know if the resource is remote or local. For example NFS allow users to access remote files as if they were local files.
new democratic party — the Canadian social democratic party formed in 1961
new england theology — Calvinism as modified and interpreted by the descendants of the Puritans in New England, especially Jonathan Edwards, becoming the dominant theology there from about 1730 to 1880.
no love lost between — no liking or affection existing between
northern white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
norwegian forest cat — a breed of long-haired cat with a long bushy tail and a long mane
not mince your words — If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
not out of the woods — If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.
not worth the candle — not worth the price or trouble entailed (esp in the phrase the game's not worth the candle)
ode to the west wind — a poem (1820) by Shelley.
old man of the woods — an edible, mild-tasting mushroom, Strobilomyces floccopus, occurring in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.
on one's own account — If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.
on the drawing board — in the planning stage
on the starboard bow — within 45 degrees to the starboard of straight ahead
owner-occupied house — a house that is owned by the person who lives in it
oxyacetylene welding — welding using an oxyacetylene burner
paint the town (red) — to go on a boisterous spree; carouse
pale western cutworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Agrotis orthogonia, of the western U.S. and Canada, that seriously damages grains, beets, potatoes, alfalfa, etc., by feeding underground on roots and stems.
particle beam weapon — a weapon that fires particle beams into the atmosphere or space

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