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15-letter words containing r, e, w, o

  • new york minute — a very short time.
  • new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • newark-on-trent — a town in N central England, in Nottinghamshire. Pop: 35 454 (2001)
  • news conference — a press conference, especially one held by a government official.
  • newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
  • nomex underwear — /noh'meks uhn'-der-weir/ [Usenet] Synonym asbestos longjohns, used mostly in auto-related mailing lists and newsgroups. NOMEX underwear is an actual product available on the racing equipment market, used as a fire resistance measure and required in some racing series.
  • noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
  • north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • norwich terrier — one of an English breed of small, short-legged terriers having a straight, wiry, red, gray, or black-and-tan coat, and erect ears that distinguish it from the Norfolk terrier.
  • nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
  • number one wood — driver (def 4).
  • old boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
  • on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
  • onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
  • orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
  • outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
  • overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
  • overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
  • paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
  • port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • power save mode — (architecture)   A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
  • power structure — the system of authority or influence in government, politics, education, etc.: The state elections threatened to upset the existing power structure.
  • precinct worker — a worker in a polling or electoral district (such as someone who mans voting, etc)
  • preview monitor — (in a television studio control room) a picture monitor used for inspecting a picture source before it is switched to transmission
  • primrose yellow — primrose (def 3).
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • prisoner of war — a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. Abbreviation: POW.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • qwerty keyboard — a keyboard having the arrangement of alphabetical and numerical keys found on the traditional typewriter
  • railway journey — a journey made by railway train
  • railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • rearview mirror — a mirror mounted on the side, windshield, or instrument panel of an automobile or other vehicle to provide the driver with a view of the area behind the vehicle.
  • red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
  • red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
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