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

law enforcement agency — an organization responsible for enforcing the law, such as a police or sheriff department
league of women voters — a nonpartisan organization that works toward improving the political process: created in 1920 to inform women on public issues. Abbreviation: LWV.
lower canada rebellion — an uprising of 1837, quickly crushed by the British militia, against the British colonial administration in Quebec.
lowest common multiple — the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers.
lund software house ab — (company) The company who produced Lund Simula. Address: Box 7056, S-22007 Lund, Sweden.
make allowances for sb — If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
make common cause with — join forces
make contact (with sb) — If you make contact with someone, you find out where they are and talk or write to them.
make one's mouth water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
manhattan clam chowder — a chowder made from clams, tomatoes, and other vegetables and seasoned with thyme.
master warrant officer — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces junior to a chief warrant officer
merry wives of windsor — a comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
mind your own business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
mind-your-own-business — baby's-tears.
network interface card — network interface controller
network node interface — (networking) (NNI) The ATM Forum's specification for connections between network nodes. NNI makes network routing possible. It typically refers to backbone trunk connections between ATM switching equipment. See also: UNI.
new zealand greenstone — a variety of nephrite from New Zealand, used as a gemstone
newton's law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
nigger in the woodpile — a hidden snag or hindrance
nodal switching system — (NSS) Main routing nodes in the NSFnet backbone.
north rhine-westphalia — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
northern corn rootworm — corn rootworm.
oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
on (or off) the wagon — no longer (or once again) drinking alcoholic liquors
on a wing and a prayer — with only the slightest hope of succeeding
on the crest of a wave — If you say that you are on the crest of a wave, you mean that you are feeling very happy and confident because things are going well for you.
on the same wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
on the way/on it's way — If something is on the way, it will arrive soon.
once bitten, twice shy — You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
open network computing — (ONC) Sun's network protocols.
outside awareness port — (humour) (OAP) A humorous IBM term for a window (the glass kind) rather than the GUI kind.
overstay one's welcome — to stay (at a party, on a visit, etc), longer than pleases the host or hostess
paddle one's own canoe — any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
prince of wales island — the largest island in the Alexander Archipelago, in SE Alaska. 1500 sq. mi. (3990 sq. km).
public domain software — public domain
sail close to the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
sb can whistle for sth — If you say that someone can whistle for a particular thing, you mean that you are not willing or able to give it to them.
self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
sell sb down the river — If someone sells you down the river, they betray you for some personal profit or advantage.
sir william blackstone — Sir William, 1723–80, English jurist and writer on law.
social networking site — a website that allows subscribers to interact, typically by requesting that others add them to their visible list of contacts, by forming or joining sub-groups based around shared interests, or publishing content so that a specified group of subscribers can access it
statute of westminster — the act of Parliament (1931) that formally recognized the independence of the dominions within the Empire
take one's breath away — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
the end of the rainbow — If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.
the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
throw on the scrapheap — to discard or get rid of as useless
to awaken to something — to become aware of something
to be a one-way street — if you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it
to be knocked sideways — If you are knocked sideways by something, it makes you feel very surprised, confused, or upset.
to bend over backwards — If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.

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