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17-letter words containing s, w, a, n, c

  • american wormseed — a plant with seeds used in medicine to treat worm infestation, Chenopodium ambrosioides
  • answering machine — An answering machine is the same as an answerphone.
  • answering service — a business that answers telephone calls on behalf of another business or organization, taking messages from and providing information to callers
  • at one's own pace — If you do something at your own pace, you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you.
  • backward analysis — (theory)   An analysis to determine properties of the inputs of a program from properties or context of the outputs. E.g. if the output of this function is needed then this argument is needed. Compare forward analysis.
  • blackwells island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • boatswain's chair — a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • character witness — a witness in a trial who testifies to the accused's general good character rather than providing evidence about the specific offence which has led to him or her being on trial
  • charles henry dowCharles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
  • charles townshendCharles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
  • circassian walnut — the hard, heavy, brown or purplish wood of the English walnut
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • closing-down sale — a sale held to clear stock from a shop that is ceasing to operate
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • crew-neck sweater — a sweater with a crew neck
  • forward contracts — Forward contracts are agreements to buy something in the future for a price that has been agreed today.
  • lincoln's sparrow — a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.
  • mercy otis warrenEarl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
  • message switching — store and forward
  • new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
  • newcastle disease — a rapidly spreading virus-induced disease of birds and domestic fowl, as chickens, marked by respiratory difficulty, reduced egg production and, in chicks, paralysis.
  • newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
  • of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
  • sandwich compound — any of a class of organometallic compounds whose molecules have a metal atom or ion bound between two plane parallel organic rings
  • sawatch mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colo.: highest peak, Elbert
  • scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
  • spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
  • stonewall jacksonAndrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.

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