16-letter words containing r, w

network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
new orleans jazz — the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz
new smyrna beach — a town in NE Florida.
new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
new year's (day) — Jan. 1, the first day of a calendar year, usually celebrated as a legal holiday
newry and mourne — a district of SE Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 89 644 (2003 est). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
northern whiting — northern kingfish.
northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
not worth a damn — worthless
not worth a shit — useless, valueless, etc.
observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
off off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
off-off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
old world monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward- or downward-directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a rudimentary tail or using the tail for balance rather than grasping, and including the baboon, colobus monkey, guenon, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, proboscis, and talapoin.
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
one with another — on average
optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
overhead railway — elevated railroad.
overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
part way through — mid-way; before the end
pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
place of worship — religious house: church, temple
poor boy sweater — a snug-fitting, pullover sweater with ribbing on both the body and sleeves, worn by girls and women.
poor white trash — white trash.
portfolio worker — a person in portfolio employment
portmanteau word — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
potato tuberworm — the larva of the potato moth.
powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
powerpc platform — (architecture, standard) (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform) An open system standard, designed by IBM, intended to ensure compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different companies. The PReP standard specifies the PCI bus, but will also support ISA, MicroChannel and PCMCIA. PReP-compliant systems will be able to run the Macintosh OS, OS/2, WorkplaceOS, AIX, Solaris, Taligent and Windows NT. IBM systems will (of course) be PReP-compliant. Apple's first PowerPC Macintoshes will not be compliant, but future ones may be.
pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
private viewdata — an interactive video text system with restricted access
projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
pure watercolour — water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones

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