16-letter words containing w, e, n

network computer — a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet. Abbreviation: NC.
network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
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 meltdown — (networking) (By analogy with catastrophic failure of a nuclear reactor) An event that causes saturation, or near saturation, of a network. Network meltdown usually results from illegal or misrouted packets (see Chernobyl packet) and typically lasts only a short time. It may also be caused by a hardware fault. It is the network equivalent of thrashing.
network operator — (job) A person who monitors and maintains the operation of a communications network. A network operator troubleshoots hardware (cables, routers, network switches, hubs, network adaptors), software, and transmission problems.
network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
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 commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
new jack (swing) — a style of rhythm-and-blues music blending rap, disco, funk, soul, etc. and characterized by aggressive, boastful, romantic lyrics
new orleans jazz — the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz
new philadelphia — a city in E Ohio.
new smyrna beach — a town in NE Florida.
new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
new year's (day) — Jan. 1, the first day of a calendar year, usually celebrated as a legal holiday
newry and mourne — a district of SE Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 89 644 (2003 est). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
northern whiting — northern kingfish.
northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
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
nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
old world monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward- or downward-directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a rudimentary tail or using the tail for balance rather than grasping, and including the baboon, colobus monkey, guenon, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, proboscis, and talapoin.
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
one with another — on average
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
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.
portmanteau word — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
put someone wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
queen anne's war — the war (1702–13) in which England and its American colonies opposed France and its Indian allies. It constituted the American phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.

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