16-letter words containing t, w, e, n, c
- new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
- 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.
- sir isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
- twin-lens camera — a camera having two separately mounted lenses coordinated to eliminate parallax errors or for making stereoscopic photographs.
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- 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.
- watch one's step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- well conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- well-conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- when it comes to — with regard to
- white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
- whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
- wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
- win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.
- with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
- with clean hands — innocently
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- woodland culture — a long pre-Columbian tradition characterized by the corded pottery of a hunting and later agricultural people of the eastern U.S. noted for the construction of burial mounds and other structures and dating from c1000 b.c. to a.d. 1700.
- writ of election — a writ by an executive authority requiring the holding of an election, especially one issued by a governor to require a special election for filling a vacancy in the representation from a state.