14-letter words containing w, a, n, g
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- night watchman — watchman.
- old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- packet writing — (storage) A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- strong forward — power forward
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
- wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
- wagner-jauregg — Julius [yoo-lee-oo s] /ˈyu liˌʊs/ (Show IPA), 1857–1940, Austrian psychiatrist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1927.
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- wang ching-wei — 1883–1944, Chinese political leader.
- wang yang-ming — (Wang Shou-jen; Wang Shouren) 1472–1529, Chinese scholar and philosopher.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.