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

  • phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • primary winding — an induction coil that is the part of an electric circuit in which a changing current induces a current in a neighbouring circuit
  • queen's highway — king's highway.
  • reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • 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
  • shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • 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.
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
  • 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 catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
  • walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
  • walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
  • wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • washing machine — an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
  • 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
  • weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
  • well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
  • whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
  • what's cooking? — what's happening?
  • wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
  • window cleaning — the task of washing and shining windows
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