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17-letter words containing w, a, n, t, o, i

  • of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • 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".
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
  • play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
  • revolutionary war — American Revolution.
  • roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
  • saint john's wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
  • sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
  • sawatch mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colo.: highest peak, Elbert
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • snowmass mountain — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains: ski resorts. 14,092 feet (4295 meters).
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • sun-2 workstation — (computer)   A Unix workstation produced by Sun Microsystems, Inc., based on the Motorola 68000. Followed by the Sun-3 Workstation.
  • sun-3 workstation — (computer)   A Unix workstation produced by Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the 1980s, based on the Motorola 68020. Successor to the Sun-2 Workstation, followed by the Sun-4 Workstation. The Sun-3 had a custom MMU. A couple of mutant models used an entirely different architecture.
  • sun-4 workstation — (computer)   A Unix workstation produced by Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the late 1980s[?], based on SPARC processors. The Sun-4 followed the Sun-3 Workstation. Later SPARC-based workstations were called "SPARCstations".
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • swainson's thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • tell its own tale — to be self-evident
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • wage negotiations — talks between workers and employers over rates of pay
  • waianae mountains — a mountain range in W Oahu, Hawaii. Highest peak, Mount Kaala, 4025 feet (1228 meters).
  • waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
  • wallowa mountains — a mountain range in NE Oregon. Highest peak, Sacajawea Peak, 9838 feet (2999 meters).
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.
  • washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • weapons inspector — a person who inspects a country's weapons
  • welsh nationalism — the political belief that Wales should be independent
  • welsh nationalist — a person who believes that Wales should be independent
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • white-nationalism — white supremacy.
  • wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
  • wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
  • wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
  • wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
  • within an inch of — very close to
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