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17-letter words containing w, a, n, d, e

  • kawasaki syndrome — a syndrome, usually afflicting children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, rashes, irritated eyes and mucous membranes, etc. with possible damage to the cardiovascular system
  • knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
  • ladies-in-waiting — plural of lady-in-waiting.
  • learned borrowing — a word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a modern language.
  • longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
  • middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
  • narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
  • nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
  • 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
  • new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
  • newcastle disease — a rapidly spreading virus-induced disease of birds and domestic fowl, as chickens, marked by respiratory difficulty, reduced egg production and, in chicks, paralysis.
  • newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
  • nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
  • ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
  • one-time password — (security)   (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
  • pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • 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.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
  • tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • thermal underwear — underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures.
  • twelfth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
  • two-toed anteater — silky anteater.
  • under the weather — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
  • wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
  • war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • well-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
  • well-investigated — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • western red cedar — an arborvitae, Thuja plicata, of western North America, grown as an ornamental.
  • what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
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