17-letter words containing r, a, w

make the worst of — to be pessimistic about
manpower planning — a procedure used in organizations to balance future requirements for all levels of employee with the availability of such employees
manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
multilateral well — A multilateral well is a well that has more than one branch radiating from the main wellbore.
narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
new age traveller — New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
new england range — a plateau in New South Wales in SE Australia, in the Great Dividing Range, rising to 5000 feet (1524 meters).
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).
newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
not worth a whoop — worthless
observation tower — lookout, observation point
of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
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".
orange flower oil — neroli oil.
out of harm's way — If someone or something is out of harm's way, they are in a safe place away from danger or from the possibility of being damaged.
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
parallelogram law — Mathematics, Physics. a rule for adding two vectors, as forces (parallelogram of forces) by placing the point of application of one at the point of origin of the other and obtaining their sum by constructing the line connecting the two remaining end points, the sum being the diagonal of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are the two vectors.
parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
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.
poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
powder metallurgy — the art or science of manufacturing useful articles by compacting metal and other powders in a die, followed by sintering.
power of attorney — a written document given by one person or party to another authorizing the latter to act for the former.
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
prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
quality newspaper — a more serious newspaper which gives detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
quantum cell wire — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire") Quantum cells arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However, unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge pairs changes, no current flows. Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see quantum dot, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.
quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
railway timetable — a list of railway journeys arranged according to the time when they begin and end
rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from

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