14-letter words containing w, o, n
- neural network — artificial neural network
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- new kensington — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- new york state — New York (def 1).
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
- 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
- nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
- no matter what — whatever
- no-win, no-fee — in which the legal firm taking the case is only paid if it wins the case and obtains damages for its client
- norbert wiener — Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northern crown — the constellation Corona Borealis.
- 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.
- novell netware — (operating system, networking) Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. NetWare for Unix lets users access Unix hosts. NetWare 2.2 is a 16-bit operating system, versions 4.x and 3.x are 32-bit operating systems.
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
- on the downlow — not widely known
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
- on the way out — If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.
- one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
- one's twenties — the ages between 20–29
- one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
- one-horse town — a small or obscure town
- one-liner wars — (games, programming) A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
- one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- 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.
- one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
- one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- out of nowhere — unexpectedly
- out the window — discarded or wasted
- over-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.