14-letter words containing w, e, r, o
- new york state — New York (def 1).
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
- newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
- newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
- nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
- no matter what — whatever
- norbert wiener — Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northern crown — the constellation Corona Borealis.
- northwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the northwest.
- northwestwards — northwestward.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
- novell netware — (operating system, networking) Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. NetWare for Unix lets users access Unix hosts. NetWare 2.2 is a 16-bit operating system, versions 4.x and 3.x are 32-bit operating systems.
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
- on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
- one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
- one-horse town — a small or obscure town
- one-liner wars — (games, programming) A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
- one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- out of nowhere — unexpectedly
- over-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- overbejewelled — wearing an excessive amount of jewellery, or excessively decorated
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
- owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
- owner-operator — a driver, especially of a truck or taxicab, who owns and operates a vehicle used to earn a living.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups