12-letter words containing w, e, k, n
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- need-to-know — done or given only when it is essential that someone knows something
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- network card — network interface controller
- network node — (networking) (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host".
- network, the — 1. (jargon, networking) (Or "the net") The union of all the major noncommercial, academic and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet, the old ARPANET, NSFnet, BITNET, and the virtual UUCP and Usenet "networks", plus the corporate in-house networks and commercial time-sharing services (such as CompuServe) that gateway to them. A site was generally considered "on the network" if it could be reached by electronic mail through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) and UUCP (bang-path) addresses. Since the explosion of the Internet in the mid 1990s, the term is now synonymous with the Internet. See network address. 2. (body) A fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Schrödinger's Cat", to which many hackers have subsequently decided they belong (this is an example of ha ha only serious).
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- newsweeklies — Plural form of newsweekly.
- passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
- pioneer work — pioneer work does something that has not been done before, for example by developing or using new methods or techniques
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.