17-letter words containing w, a, r, n

manpower planning — a procedure used in organizations to balance future requirements for all levels of employee with the availability of such employees
manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
new age traveller — New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
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 orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
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.
non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
not worth a whoop — worthless
observation tower — lookout, observation point
of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
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".
orange flower oil — neroli oil.
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
power of attorney — a written document given by one person or party to another authorizing the latter to act for the former.
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.
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
quality newspaper — a more serious newspaper which gives detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
quantum cell wire — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire") Quantum cells arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However, unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge pairs changes, no current flows. Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see quantum dot, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.
quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
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.
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
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
rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
russian wolfhound — borzoi.
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.

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