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17-letter words containing s, n, o, w, f

  • a law unto itself — a person or thing that is outside established laws
  • at one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
  • barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
  • between two fires — between two attacks; shot at, criticized, etc. from both sides
  • browserconfig.xml — (web)   A Microsoft configuration file used to customise the appearance and behaviour of website links pinned to the Windows start screen or desktop taskbar. browserconfig.xml allows the site owner to specify things like badges and tile images.
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • dress-down friday — In some companies employees are allowed to wear clothes that are less smart than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a dress-down Friday.
  • follow one's nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • follow the hounds — to hunt a fox, etc. on horseback with hounds
  • forward contracts — Forward contracts are agreements to buy something in the future for a price that has been agreed today.
  • glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
  • gulf war syndrome — a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.
  • have no words for — to be incapable of describing
  • in one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • microsoft network — The Microsoft Network
  • microsoft windows — (operating system)   Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. The 1996 market share of operating systems was: DOS/Windows 70% Windows 95 15% Windows NT 2% Other 13% Versions include 1985 Windows 1, 1987 Windows 2, 1987 Windows/386, 1990 Windows 3.0, 1992 Windows 3.1, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 1993 Windows 3.11, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1993 Windows NT 3.1, 1994 Windows NT 3.5, 1995 Windows 95, 199? Windows NT 4, 1998 Windows 98, Windows NT 5, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.
  • neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • new lease on life — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
  • of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • off one's own bat — If someone does something off their own bat, they do it without anyone else suggesting it.
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
  • turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
  • twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
  • twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • welfare economics — a branch of economics concerned with improving human welfare and social conditions chiefly through the optimum distribution of wealth, the relief or reduction of unemployment, etc.
  • wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
  • wisdom of solomon — a book of the Apocrypha.
  • yellowstone falls — a waterfall in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park on the Yellowstone River

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