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17-letter words containing w, i, g, n

  • longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • manpower planning — a procedure used in organizations to balance future requirements for all levels of employee with the availability of such employees
  • message switching — store and forward
  • middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
  • mileage allowance — the number of miles allowed to be travelled on a rented vehicle such as a car during the period it is rented or leased
  • nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
  • network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
  • new english bible — an English translation (1970) of the Bible into contemporary idiom, directed by Anglican and other Protestant churches of Great Britain.
  • new guinea pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring islands
  • newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
  • norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
  • number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
  • orange flower oil — neroli oil.
  • papua new guinean — a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea.
  • papua-new-guinean — an inhabitant or native of Papua New Guinea
  • peak viewing time — the time at which the largest numbers of the population are watching television
  • play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
  • pointer swizzling — swizzle
  • poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
  • pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
  • ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
  • 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.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
  • singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
  • slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
  • 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)
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • unlawful wounding — an offence committed when a person maliciously wounds another person
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
  • wage negotiations — talks between workers and employers over rates of pay
  • waitangi tribunal — (in New Zealand) a government tribunal empowered to examine and make recommendations on Māori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi
  • waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
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