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

great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
half wave rectifier — A half wave rectifier removes the negative component of an alternating signal leaving only the positive part.
half-wave rectifier — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
hydroelectric power — electricity generated by water
imperial war museum — a museum in London, founded in 1920, containing material related to military operations involving British and Commonwealth forces since 1914
indeterminate vowel — schwa.
indwelling catheter — a hollow tube left implanted in a body canal or organ, especially the bladder, to promote drainage.
irish water spaniel — one of an Irish breed of large water spaniels having a thick, curly, liver-colored coat, a topknot of long, loose curls, and a thin, tapering tail covered with short hair.
james clerk maxwell — Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.
japanese lawn grass — an Asiatic creeping grass, Zoysia japonica, used especially in the southeastern U.S., having purplish spikelets and rootstalks that send up numerous tough, wiry shoots.
jewel in sb's crown — If you refer to an achievement or thing as the jewel in someone's crown, you mean that it is considered to be their greatest achievement or the thing they can be most proud of.
jeweler's saw frame — a U -shaped steel frame with a handle and clamps that hold a piercing saw.
junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
junior welterweight — a boxer weighing up to 140 pounds (63 kg), between lightweight and welterweight.
lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
let one's hair down — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
low insertion force — (hardware) (LIF) PGA/SPGA sockets with no handle. The integrated circuit is simply pushed into the socket, and levered out to remove. Most motherboard processor sockets are now ZIF rather than LIF.
mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
maternity allowance — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a payment made to a pregnant woman who usually works but does not qualify for statutory maternity pay, normally from 11 weeks before confinement for a period of 18 weeks
mccarran-walter act — the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1952 that removed racial barriers to immigration and empowered the Department of Justice to deport immigrants or naturalized citizens engaging in subversive activities.
mermaid's wineglass — a colony of green algae, Acetabularia crenulata, of warm seas, having a cup-shaped cap on a slender stalk.
mother-in-law plant — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
nathaniel hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
network file system — (networking, operating system) (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless. See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
new general catalog — a catalog of star clusters, galaxies, and other non-stellar objects, published in 1888
new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
no-write allocation — (memory management) A cache policy where only processor reads are cached, thus avoiding the need for write-back or write-through.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
north-northwesterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northwest
nuclear power plant — factory that generates atomic energy
on top of the world — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
orange flower water — a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
peak envelope power — (communications) (PEP) The maximum power output by a radio transmitter over one complete RF cycle at any modulation.
perfoliate bellwort — a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
philadelphia lawyer — a lawyer of outstanding ability at exploiting legal fine points and technicalities.
pileated woodpecker — a large, black-and-white American woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, having a prominent red crest.
public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class-action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc.
ralph waldo emerson — Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
see one's way clear — to be willing (to do something)
sell down the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.

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