18-letter words containing r, e, w, l

hearts and flowers — maudlin sentimentality: The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.
hell or high water — whatever difficulties may arise
homeowner's policy — a form of home insurance that provides compensation for damage, loss, or injury of property, personal belongings, or persons due to fire, theft, accidents, etc.
hot-water cylinder — a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system
in complete flower — a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
inverse square law — one of several laws relating two quantities such that one quantity varies inversely as the square of the other, as the law that the illumination produced on a screen by a point source varies inversely as the square of the distance of the screen from the source.
jet-enamelled ware — English Worcester porcelain ware of the 18th century, transfer-printed in black.
jewel in the crown — the most valuable, esteemed, or successful person or thing of a number
junior lightweight — a boxer weighing up to 130 pounds (58.5 kg), between featherweight and lightweight.
kirtland's warbler — a wood warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, breeding only in north-central Michigan and wintering in the Bahamas, bluish gray above, striped with black and pale yellow below: an endangered species.
law of segregation — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
lawrence of arabia — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
lesser whitethroat — an Old World warbler, Sylvia curruca, having a greyish-brown plumage with a white throat and underparts
light welterweight — an amateur boxer weighing 60–63.5 kg (132–140 pounds)
local area network — a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings.
long hundredweight — a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the U.S.
look the other way — look in the opposite direction
low blood pressure — hypotension.
low-start mortgage — a mortgage in which interest only is repaid for a fixed period at the outset, to make it more affordable
lowell observatory — the astronomical observatory, situated in Flagstaff, Arizona, at which Pluto was discovered in 1930.
lower klamath lake — See under Klamath Lakes.
lower palaeolithic — the earliest of the three sections of the Palaeolithic, beginning about 3 million years ago and ending about 70 000 bc with the emergence of Neanderthal man
lyophilized powder — Lyophilized powder is a freeze-dried powder.
make allowance for — the act of allowing.
may flower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
mechanical drawing — drawing, as of machinery, done with the aid of rulers, scales, compasses, etc.
mendel's first law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
milkweed butterfly — monarch butterfly.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
mop the floor with — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
multiflow computer — (company) A now-defunct computer company, best known for its work in Very Long Instruction Word processors. Address: New Haven, Conn. USA.
multiple ownership — ownership by several people or organizations
new american bible — an English translation of the Bible based on the original languages, prepared by Catholic Biblical scholars, and first published in 1970.
new orleans lugger — a half-decked fishing boat, formerly used on the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, having a rather broad hull with centerboard and a single mast with a large dipping lugsail.
new zealand on air — the operational name for the New Zealand Broadcasting Commission
norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
now you're talking — at last you're saying something agreeable
oil of wintergreen — methyl salicylate.
open-collar worker — (job) Someone who works at home or telecommutes.
oriental scops owl — any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl)
owen stanley range — a mountain range in SE New Guinea. Highest peak: Mount Victoria, 4073 m (13 363 ft)
percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
personal allowance — the amount of money you are allowed to earn each year without paying tax
peter and the wolf — a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936. It is a children's story with both music and text, spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra
pileolated warbler — either of two western subspecies of Wilson's warbler.
pour cold water on — If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
power-on self-test — (hardware, testing) (POST) A sequence of diagnostic tests that are run automatically by a device when the power is turned on. In a personal computer a typical POST sequence does the following: - checks that the system board is working - checks that the memory is working - compares the current system configuration with that recorded by the PC's configuration program to see if anything has been added or removed or broken - starts the video operation - checks that the diskette drive, hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, and any other drives that may be installed are working. When POST is finished, typically it will beep, and then let your operating system start to boot. If POST finds an error, it may beep more than once (or possibly not at all if it is your PC speaker that is broken) and display a POST error message. These messages are often nothing more than a single ominous number. Some common numbers and their meanings are: 161 Dead battery (get a new battery for the system board) 162 Configuration changed (you added some memory or a new card to the PC) 301 Keyboard error (take the book off the corner of the keyboard) Because a successful POST indicates that the system is restored to known state, turning the power off and on is a standard way to reset a system whose software has hung. Compare 120 reset, Big Red Switch, power cycle.
precipitable water — the total water vapor contained in a unit vertical column of the atmosphere.
prerelease showing — a showing of a film before it goes on general release
presumption of law — a presumption based upon a policy of law or a general rule and not upon the facts or evidence in an individual case.

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