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17-letter words containing w, a, t

  • a fly on the wall — If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall in a situation that does not involve you, you mean that you would like to see or hear what happens in that situation.
  • a hard row to hoe — If you say that someone has a hard row to hoe or a tough row to hoe, you mean that they are in a difficult situation and have many problems to deal with.
  • a law unto itself — a person or thing that is outside established laws
  • acetylene welding — a type of welding that uses an acetylene torch
  • acme screw thread — a type of screw thread having inclined flat flanks and a flat top and bottom: used in machine tools
  • against sb's will — If something is done against your will, it is done even though you do not want it to be done.
  • agenbite of inwit — remorse of conscience
  • agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
  • ahnfelt's seaweed — a red alga, Ahnfeltia plicata, common along the coasts of North America and Europe, having brownish, bushlike branches.
  • all-weather court — a tennis court suitable to be used in all kinds of weather
  • almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
  • an effort of will — If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
  • answering pennant — one of the flags of the International Code of Signals, a pennant of three red and two white vertical stripes, flown at the dip while a message is being interpreted and close up when it is understood.
  • antitwilight arch — a narrow band, pink or with a purple cast, that sometimes appears at twilight just above the horizon opposite the sun.
  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • at one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
  • at one's own pace — If you do something at your own pace, you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you.
  • at one's own risk — If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility.
  • at swords' points — ready to quarrel or fight
  • at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
  • automatic writing — writing performed without apparent intent or conscious control, especially to achieve spontaneity or uncensored expression.
  • babe in the woods — a baby or child.
  • baden-wurttemberg — a state of SW Germany. Capital: Stuttgart. Pop: 53 938 (2003 est). Area: 35 742 sq km (13 800 sq miles)
  • bar-tailed godwit — a large wader, Limosa lapponica, of the family Scolopacidae which, in migrating from Alaska to New Zealand, makes the longest journey without stopping for food taken by any animal
  • barchester towers — a novel (1857) by Anthony Trollope.
  • barren strawberry — a Eurasian plant, Potentilla sterilis, related to the strawberry that does not produce edible fruit
  • be out of the way — When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.
  • black swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
  • black swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
  • black-water fever — a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death
  • blow hot and cold — to vacillate
  • blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
  • boatswain's chair — a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging
  • breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
  • bury the tomahawk — to stop fighting; make peace
  • buys ballot's law — a law stating that if an observer stands with his back to the wind in the N hemisphere, atmospheric pressure is lower on his left, and vice versa in the S hemisphere
  • buys-ballot's law — the law stating that if one stands with one's back to the wind, in the Northern Hemisphere the atmospheric pressure will be lower on one's left and in the Southern Hemisphere it will be lower on one's right: descriptive of the relationship of horizontal winds to atmospheric pressure.
  • camberwell beauty — a nymphalid butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow borders
  • camberwell carrot — a large, almost conical, marijuana cigarette
  • capital allowance — the practice of allowing a certain amount of money spent by a company on fixed assets to be taken off the profits of the company before tax is imposed
  • character witness — a witness in a trial who testifies to the accused's general good character rather than providing evidence about the specific offence which has led to him or her being on trial
  • charles townshendCharles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
  • circassian walnut — the hard, heavy, brown or purplish wood of the English walnut
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • classical pathway — the activation of complement by an antigen-antibody reaction. Compare alternative pathway.
  • cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers

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