17-letter words containing w, a, g

guerrilla warfare — the use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force.
guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
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.
hardware register — (hardware, system administration) (Or "hardware log") A list of all hardware, both internal and external, that is attached to a particular computer.
harvey wallbanger — a screwdriver cocktail topped with Galliano.
hawking radiation — the emission of particles by a black hole. Pairs of virtual particles in the intense gravitational field around a black hole may live long enough for one to move outward when the other is pulled into the black hole, making it appear that the black hole is emitting radiation
highways engineer — a civil engineer trained and specialized in the planning, construction, maintenance, etc of highways and roads
hurricane warning — a storm warning given for winds with speeds exceeding 63 knots (72 mph, 32 m/sec) when the source of the winds is a tropical cyclone.
i will/can manage — You say 'I can manage' or 'I'll manage' as a way of refusing someone's offer of help and insisting on doing something by yourself.
immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
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.
king george's war — a war (1744–48) waged by England and its colonies against France, constituting the North American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession.
king philip's war — the war (1675–76) between New England colonists and a confederation of Indians under their leader, King Philip.
knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
ladies-in-waiting — plural of lady-in-waiting.
lake winnipegosis — a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba. Area: 5400 sq km (2086 sq miles)
law of the jungle — a system or mode of action in which the strongest survive, presumably as animals in nature or as human beings whose activity is not regulated by the laws or ethics of civilization.
learned borrowing — a word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a modern language.
light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
manpower planning — a procedure used in organizations to balance future requirements for all levels of employee with the availability of such employees
may/might as well — If you say that you might as well do something, or that you may as well do it, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
message switching — store and forward
middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
mileage allowance — the number of miles allowed to be travelled on a rented vehicle such as a car during the period it is rented or leased
nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
new age traveller — New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
new england range — a plateau in New South Wales in SE Australia, in the Great Dividing Range, rising to 5000 feet (1524 meters).
new guinea pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring islands
newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
orange flower oil — neroli oil.
papua new guinean — a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea.
papua-new-guinean — an inhabitant or native of Papua New Guinea
parallelogram law — Mathematics, Physics. a rule for adding two vectors, as forces (parallelogram of forces) by placing the point of application of one at the point of origin of the other and obtaining their sum by constructing the line connecting the two remaining end points, the sum being the diagonal of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are the two vectors.
peak viewing time — the time at which the largest numbers of the population are watching television
play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
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.
powder metallurgy — the art or science of manufacturing useful articles by compacting metal and other powders in a die, followed by sintering.
reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
richard arkwright — Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.
right-to-work law — a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.

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