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10-letter words containing s, w, o, n

  • welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
  • west point — a military reservation in SE New York, on the Hudson: U.S. Military Academy.
  • west saxon — the Old English dialect of the West Saxon kingdom, dominant after a.d. c850 and the medium of nearly all the literary remains of Old English.
  • whalebones — Plural form of whalebone.
  • wheatstone — Sir Charles, 1802–75, English physicist and inventor.
  • whensoever — Whenever; at any time at all.
  • whetstones — Plural form of whetstone.
  • whodunnits — Plural form of whodunnit.
  • wikinomics — The theory and practice of mass collaboration using electronic communications.
  • williamson — Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada N of Mount Whitney. 14,375 feet (4382 meters).
  • wilson dam — a dam on the Tennessee River, in NW Alabama, at Muscle Shoals: a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 4862 feet (1482 meters) long; 137 feet (42 meters) high.
  • windhovers — Plural form of windhover.
  • windowless — an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
  • windows 2k — Windows 2000
  • windows 94 — (operating system, humour)   A facetious name for Windows 95, so called because it was originally meant to ship in 1994.
  • windows 95 — (operating system)   (Win95) Microsoft's successor to their Windows 3.11 operating system for IBM PCs. It was known as "Chicago" during development. Its release was originally scheduled for late 1994 but eventually happened on 11 Jul 1995, followed by Service Release 1 on 1995-12-31 and OSR2 (OEM Service Release 2) on 1996-08-24. In contrast to earlier versions, Windows 95 is a complete operating system rather than a graphical user interface running on top of MS-DOS. It provides 32-bit application support, pre-emptive multitasking, threading and built-in networking (TCP/IP, IPX, SLIP, PPP, and Windows Sockets). It includes MS-DOS 7.0, but takes over completely after booting. The graphical user interface, while similar to previous Windows versions, is significantly improved. Windows 95 has also been described as "32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1-bit of competition". The successor to Windows 95 was Windows 98.
  • windows 98 — (operating system)   Microsoft's 1998 update to Windows 95 that adds: * Hardware support for Universal Serial Bus (USB). * Internet Connection Sharing (IGC) - multiple PCs share a single connection to the Internet. * Microsoft WebTV for Windows - watch TV on your PC. * Support for new graphic, sound, and multimedia formats. * Internet Explorer release 5. * Windows 98 Service Pack - year 2000 updates. Windows 98 was followed logically by Windows ME but chronologically by Windows 2000 Professional Edition.
  • windows 9x — (operating system)   A shorthand meaning Windows 95 or Windows 98.
  • windows ce — (operating system)   /C E/ A version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that is being used in a variety of embedded products, from handheld PCs to specialised industrial controllers and consumer electronic devices. Programming for Windows CE is similar to programming for other Win32 platforms. Windows CE was developed to be a customisable operating system for embedded applications. Its kernel borrows much from other Microsoft 32-bit operating systems, while eliminating (or replacing) those operating system features that are not needed for typical Windows CE-based applications. For example, as on Windows NT, all applications running on Windows CE run in a fully preemptive multitasking environment, in fully protected memory spaces. The Win32 (API) for Windows CE is smaller than the Win32 API for the other 32-bit Windows operating systems. It includes approximately half the interface methods of the Windows NT version of the API. But the Win32 API for Windows CE also includes features found in no other Microsoft operating system. The notification API, for example, makes it possible to handle user or application notification events (such as timer events) at the operating-system level, rather than in a running application. The touch screen API and the built-in support for the Windows CE database are not found in other Windows operating systems. The touch screen API makes it easy to manage screen calibration and user interactions for touch-sensitive displays, while the database API provides access to a data storage facility.
  • windows me — Windows Millennium Edition
  • windows nt — (operating system)   (Windows New Technology, NT) Microsoft's 32-bit operating system developed from what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 before Microsoft and IBM ceased joint development of OS/2. NT was designed for high end workstations (Windows NT 3.1), servers (Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server), and corporate networks (NT 4.0 Enterprise Server). The first release was Windows NT 3.1. Unlike Windows 3.1, which was a graphical environment that ran on top of MS-DOS, Windows NT is a complete operating system. To the user it looks like Windows 3.1, but it has true multi-threading, built in networking, security, and memory protection. It is based on a microkernel, with 32-bit addressing for up to 4Gb of RAM, virtualised hardware access to fully protect applications, installable file systems, such as FAT, HPFS and NTFS, built-in networking, multi-processor support, and C2 security. NT is also designed to be hardware independent. Once the machine specific part - the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) - has been ported to a particular machine, the rest of the operating system should theorertically compile without alteration. A version of NT for DEC's Alpha machines was planned (September 1993). NT needs a fast 386 or equivalent, at least 12MB of RAM (preferably 16MB) and at least 75MB of free disk space. NT 4.0 was followed by Windows 2000.
  • windows xp — (operating system)   The version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that, when it was released on 2001-10-25, finally merged the Windows 95 - Windows ME strain with the Windows NT - Windows 2000 one. XP comes in two main versions: Windows XP Professional Edition and a simplified subset for home users, Windows XP Home Edition.
  • windowsill — the sill under a window.
  • windstorms — Plural form of windstorm.
  • winsorized — Simple past tense and past participle of winsorize.
  • wintersome — (archaic) A crop, a kind of sweet sorghum.
  • woadwaxens — Plural form of woadwaxen.
  • wobbegongs — Plural form of wobbegong.
  • wobbliness — shaky; unsteady.
  • woefulness — The quality of being woeful.
  • wolfensohn — James D., known as Jim. born 1933, US businessman and international official, born in Australia; president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank) (1995–2005); honorary knighthood (1995)
  • wolfhounds — Plural form of wolfhound.
  • wolfsbanes — Plural form of wolfsbane.
  • wolverines — Plural form of wolverine.
  • womanishly — In a womanish way.
  • womanising — to make effeminate.
  • womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
  • womenfolks — Alternative form of womenfolk.
  • womenswear — women's wear.
  • wonderless — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
  • wondrously — wonderful; remarkable.
  • wontedness — Habit; custom.
  • woodenness — The state of being wooden.
  • woolliness — The state of being woolly.
  • woonsocket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • workperson — A worker; an employee.
  • worldlines — Plural form of worldline.
  • worldlings — Plural form of worldling.
  • worm snake — any of several small, wormlike snakes, especially Carphophis amoenus, of the eastern and central U.S.
  • worshiping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
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