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16-letter words containing w, n, p

  • new philadelphia — a city in E Ohio.
  • newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
  • newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
  • nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
  • offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
  • okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
  • packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • papua new guinea — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • portmanteau word — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
  • pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
  • projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
  • proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
  • put someone wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
  • rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
  • savannah sparrow — a North American sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, having brown and white plumage with a yellow stripe over each eye.
  • seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
  • shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
  • spanish windlass — a stick used as a device for twisting and tightening a rope or cable
  • speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
  • spit-and-sawdust — (of a pub) shabby, dirty, and basic
  • spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
  • superb blue wren — a small Australian bird, Malurus cyaneus, the adult male of which has bright blue plumage
  • swamp buttonwood — the buttonbush.
  • sweeten the pill — If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
  • swine erysipelas — erysipelas (def 2).
  • swiss stone pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra,, found especially in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
  • turn upside down — invert
  • twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
  • two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • watch one's step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
  • water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
  • water-base paint — latex paint.
  • weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
  • welfare payments — government benefits
  • well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • well-disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
  • well-experienced — wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.
  • well-represented — having good or sufficient representation
  • west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • willow ptarmigan — a ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, of arctic and subarctic regions of the New and Old Worlds, having brown, mottled plumage in summer and white plumage in winter.
  • wimp environment — WIMP
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