17-letter words containing w, e, m

manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
may/might as well — If you say that you might as well do something, or that you may as well do it, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
message switching — store and forward
metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
microsoft network — The Microsoft Network
mid-level network — (Or "regional network"). The kind of networks which make up the second level of the Internet hierarchy. They are the transit networks which connect the stub networks to the backbone networks.
middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
middle of nowhere — a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
mileage allowance — the number of miles allowed to be travelled on a rented vehicle such as a car during the period it is rented or leased
minion of the law — a policeman.
most well studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
move one's bowels — to pass waste matter from the large intestine; defecate
multilateral well — A multilateral well is a well that has more than one branch radiating from the main wellbore.
network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
new expressionism — neo-expressionism.
newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
number three wood — spoon (def 5).
old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
on one's own time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
parallelogram law — Mathematics, Physics. a rule for adding two vectors, as forces (parallelogram of forces) by placing the point of application of one at the point of origin of the other and obtaining their sum by constructing the line connecting the two remaining end points, the sum being the diagonal of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are the two vectors.
parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
pay someone's way — to pay someone's share of the expenses
peak viewing time — the time at which the largest numbers of the population are watching television
powder metallurgy — the art or science of manufacturing useful articles by compacting metal and other powders in a die, followed by sintering.
quantum cell wire — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire") Quantum cells arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However, unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge pairs changes, no current flows. Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see quantum dot, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.
railway timetable — a list of railway journeys arranged according to the time when they begin and end
read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
schwedler's maple — a variety of the Norway maple, Acer platanoides schwedleri, producing red leaves that subsequently turn green.
seaweed marquetry — marquetry having the form of symmetrical, foliate scrolls, as on English cabinetwork of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
september weather — weather characteristic of the month of September, esp in being unpredictable as summer is ending and autumn is beginning
settlement worker — a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.
shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
software platform — a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.
southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
strawberry tomato — the small, edible, tomato-like fruit of the plant Physalis pruinosa, of the nightshade family.

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