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14-letter words containing w, e, s, t, n, r

  • 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
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • 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.
  • one-horse town — a small or obscure town
  • 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.
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
  • power-on reset — (hardware)   (POR) The processes that take place when a hardware device is turned on. This may include running power-on self-test or reloading software from non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device has some reasonably complex internal state that will be set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer) as well as data in the memory of an embedded system. If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even if it does, turning it off and on again (power cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
  • southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.
  • the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
  • tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
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