17-letter words containing w, e, n, o

off one's own bat — If someone does something off their own bat, they do it without anyone else suggesting it.
on one's own hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
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.
on the wrong foot — in an inauspicious manner
on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
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".
open-channel flow — Open-channel flow is a liquid flow in a channel, which has a free liquid surface.
orange flower oil — neroli oil.
out of the window — dispensed with; disregarded
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
pay someone's way — to pay someone's share of the expenses
peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
pointer swizzling — swizzle
power of attorney — a written document given by one person or party to another authorizing the latter to act for the former.
power supply unit — (hardware) (PSU) An electronic module that converts high voltage (110 or 240 VAC) alternating current mains electricity into smoothed direct current at the various differnt voltages required by the motherboard; internal peripheral devices, cheifly storage devices: hard disks, CD or DVD, floppy disks and external connections such as USB. A PSU needs a high enough power output rating to supply all the devices connected to it and should output as little as possible electrical noise, both on the output wires and as electromagnetic radiation. See also uninterruptable power supply.
pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
put the screws on — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
revolutionary war — American Revolution.
row-level locking — (database) A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
settlement worker — a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.
sheepswool sponge — wool sponge.
shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
sino-japanese war — the war (1894–95) between China and Japan over the control of Korea that resulted in the nominal independence of Korea and the Chinese cession to Japan of Formosa and the Pescadores.
slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
spin one's wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
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.
spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
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)
stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby

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