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

  • 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.
  • sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
  • shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
  • spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
  • stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • 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
  • sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • 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
  • tell its own tale — to be self-evident
  • tennessee warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora peregrina, having a gray head, a greenish back, and white underparts.
  • the final whistle — a blast on a referee's whistle to indicate that a game is over
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the new jerusalem — the de facto capital of Israel (recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills: became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc; taken by the Romans in 63 bc; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Pop: 693 200 (2003 est)
  • the unwritten law — the tradition that a person may avenge any insult to family integrity, as used to justify criminal acts of vengeance
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • thermal underwear — underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures.
  • to throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • touch a raw nerve — If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • waist measurement — a measure of the circumference of the narrowest part of a person's waist
  • walk-in apartment — a ground-floor apartment having a private entrance directly from the street, rather than through a hallway of the building.
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
  • war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
  • 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 square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • water on the knee — an accumulation of fluid in the knee cavity caused by inflammation and trauma to the cartilages or membranes of the knee joint.
  • weapons inspector — a person who inspects a country's weapons
  • weather-resistant — resisting the effects of severe weather, as rain or cold: weather-resistant cloth for topcoats.
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
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