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16-letter words containing t, h, r, a, w, n

  • alligator wrench — a wrench having a V -shaped pair of serrated jaws set at right angles to the shank for turning cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.
  • ancestor worship — (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.
  • around the world — in many countries
  • catchwater drain — a channel cut along the edge of high ground to catch surface water from it and divert it away from low-lying ground
  • catherine howardCatherine, c1520–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
  • chinese wisteria — a high-climbing Chinese vine, Wisteria sinensis, of the legume family, having hanging clusters of fragrant, bluish-violet flowers and long, velvety pods.
  • cowichan sweater — a heavy sweater of grey, unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by Cowichan Indians in British Columbia
  • curtain-twitcher — a person who likes to watch unobserved what other people are doing
  • darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
  • find favour with — to be approved of by someone
  • fool around with — have casual sex
  • fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
  • forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • hang around with — to associate or socialize with
  • hawthorne effect — a positive change in the performance of a group of persons taking part in an experiment or study due to their perception of being singled out for special consideration.
  • in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
  • javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • matthew flindersMatthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • multi-way branch — switch statement
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • not worth a damn — worthless
  • not worth a shit — useless, valueless, etc.
  • on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
  • one with another — on average
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • the here and now — the present time
  • throw oneself at — 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.
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • tobacco hornworm — the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.
  • ward christensen — (person)   The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • washington thorn — a dense tree, Crataegus phaenopyrum, of the rose family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having triangular leaves, small clusters of white flowers, and clusters of bright red fruit.
  • water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
  • watson-wentworth — Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham [rok-ing-uh m] /ˈrɒk ɪŋ əm/ (Show IPA), 1730–82, British statesman: prime minister 1765–66, 1782.
  • weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
  • western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
  • with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly

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