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15-letter words containing w, e, g, n, r

  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • 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.
  • running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
  • 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.
  • sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • 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
  • trigger warning — a stated warning that the content of a text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people, especially those who have previously experienced a related trauma: a blog post with a trigger warning for rape.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
  • viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
  • völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
  • wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
  • wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
  • wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
  • weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
  • well-engineered — a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
  • well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
  • well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
  • western tanager — a tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, of western North America, the male of which is black, yellow, and orange-red.
  • window dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
  • window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
  • winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
  • winning gallery — a winning opening on the hazard side, below the penthouse and farthest from the dedans. Compare dedans (def 1), grille (def 5).
  • wintergreen oil — methyl salicylate.
  • wondermongering — the promising of miracles
  • word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
  • working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
  • wring sb's neck — If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
  • wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
  • wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
  • wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.
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