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

  • wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
  • winter heliotrope — a creeping perennial, Petasites fragrans, related to the butterbur, having lilac to heliotrope-coloured flowers smelling of vanilla: found chiefly on road verges
  • wire entanglement — a barbed-wire obstacle, usually mounted on posts and zigzagged back and forth along a front, designed to channel, delay, or halt an advance by enemy foot soldiers.
  • wireless internet — access to the internet without a cable
  • with a difference — If you describe a job or holiday, for example, as a job with a difference or a holiday with a difference, you mean that the job or holiday is very interesting and unusual.
  • with a heavy hand — in a heavy manner; without delicacy or grace
  • with guns blazing — If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
  • within an inch of — very close to
  • without exception — all included
  • witness statement — account of sb who saw an incident
  • women's institute — (in Britain and Commonwealth countries) a society for women interested in the problems of the home and in engaging in social activities
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • world without end — for ever
  • worth one's while — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
  • wrangell-mountainMount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
  • writ of execution — a writ ordering that a judgment be enforced
  • write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on
  • wuthering heights — a novel (1846) by Emily Brontë.
  • yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)
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