16-letter words containing w, e, g, n
- in working order — fully functioning
- indian wrestling — arm wrestling
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- john wheelwright — John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- keyword indexing — the process of constructing or compiling an index to a document or other item by using keywords that describe the item.
- knowledge worker — a person employed to produce or analyse ideas and information
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- long-wire aerial — a travelling-wave aerial consisting of one or more conductors, the length of which usually exceeds several wavelengths
- lower lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
- magnolia warbler — a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.
- monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
- network engineer — (job) A high-level LAN/WAN technician who plans, implements and supports network solutions between multiple platforms. A network engineer installs and maintains local area network hardware and software, and troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. He may have CNE certification.
- network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
- new jack (swing) — a style of rhythm-and-blues music blending rap, disco, funk, soul, etc. and characterized by aggressive, boastful, romantic lyrics
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- northern whiting — northern kingfish.
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
- on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- papua new guinea — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
- purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- regent bowerbird — a bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, the males of which have deep black plumage with brilliant golden head, neck, and wing patches and build elaborate bowers.
- regional network — mid-level network
- renewable energy — any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.
- robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- short sweetening — sugar.
- speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
- swinging sixties — the 1960s as a decade when social and sexual freedom increased
- tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
- under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- wages settlement — an agreement over wages following negotiations between workers and employers
- walking delegate — (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- walking dragline — a very large-capacity dragline mounted on feet or pads instead of tracks
- warning triangle — a triangle placed by a broken-down car to warn motorists to avoid it
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes