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

live one's own life — If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference.
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).
mendel's second law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.
mermaid's wineglass — a colony of green algae, Acetabularia crenulata, of warm seas, having a cup-shaped cap on a slender stalk.
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 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
new zealand spinach — a plant, Tetragonia tetragonioides, of warm regions, cultivated for its edible leaves, eaten as a vegetable.
newcastle upon tyne — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
newtonian telescope — a reflecting telescope in which a mirror or reflecting prism is mounted on the axis near the eyepiece so that the image may be viewed from outside the telescope tube at right angles to the axis.
newtown st boswells — a village in SE Scotland, administrative centre of Scottish Borders: agricultural centre. Pop: 1199 (2001)
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.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
north-northwesterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northwest
out at (the) elbows — shabby; poverty-stricken
own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
pinwheel escapement — a clock escapement in which two pallets, usually of unequal length, alternately engage and release pins set on the escape wheel perpendicular to its plane of rotation.
play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
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.
sir wilfrid laurier — Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
sleepy hollow chair — an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
so what else is new — not surprised
sow one's wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
st. lawrence seaway — a series of channels, locks, and canals between Montreal and the mouth of Lake Ontario, a distance of 182 miles (293 km), enabling most deep-draft vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean, up the St. Lawrence River, to all the Great Lakes ports: developed jointly by the U.S. and Canada.
swallow one's words — to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances
swallow-tailed coat — tail coat.
swallow-tailed kite — an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.
swedish nightingale — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
sweetness and light — extreme or excessive pleasantness or amiability.
switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
the wolverine state — a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes area of the north central US
throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
throw to the wolves — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
tidal power station — a power station where the energy of flowing water is converted into electricity
to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
to blow a raspberry — If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone.
to blow the whistle — If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening.
to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
to let someone know — If you let someone know something, you tell them about it or make sure that they know about it.

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