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15-letter words containing w, a, i, n, e

  • saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
  • satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
  • saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
  • senior wrangler — (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos and got the highest marks
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • stand in awe of — to respect and fear
  • stationary wave — standing wave.
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
  • trigger warning — a stated warning that the content of a text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people, especially those who have previously experienced a related trauma: a blog post with a trigger warning for rape.
  • twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • venetian window — Palladian window.
  • viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
  • wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
  • wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
  • walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
  • wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
  • warrant officer — (in the U.S. Armed Forces) an officer of one of four grades ranking above enlisted personnel and below commissioned officers.
  • washing machine — an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.
  • water pimpernel — the brookweed.
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • water-resistant — resisting though not entirely preventing the penetration of water.
  • weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
  • wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
  • weather station — an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
  • wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
  • weekend warrior — a reservist who attends weekend meetings of his or her unit in order to fulfill military obligations.
  • weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
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