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15-letter words containing w, h, o, r

  • knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
  • low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
  • low earth orbit — (communications)   (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
  • low-cholesterol — containing little dietary cholesterol
  • man of his word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.
  • meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • mushroom growth — rapid increase or growth
  • nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
  • new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
  • new port richey — a town in central Florida.
  • new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
  • north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
  • north tonawanda — a city in W New York.
  • north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • norwich terrier — one of an English breed of small, short-legged terriers having a straight, wiry, red, gray, or black-and-tan coat, and erect ears that distinguish it from the Norfolk terrier.
  • on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
  • orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
  • research worker — investigative scientist
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • round the twist — mad; eccentric
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • sherwood forest — an ancient royal forest in central England, chiefly in Nottinghamshire: the traditional haunt of Robin Hood.
  • shoot the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • short and sweet — having little length; not long.
  • short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • software method — Software Methodology
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • spread the word — make others aware
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