15-letter words containing w, a, n, g
- lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
- lowland gorilla — the eastern lowland gorilla or western lowland gorilla. See under gorilla.
- maid-in-waiting — an unmarried woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess; lady-in-waiting.
- marigold window — wheel window.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- natural wastage — Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
- navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- new high german — the High German language since c1500.
- nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- personal growth — development as an individual
- 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
- sergeant at law — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- 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).
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
- swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- 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 wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- 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