16-letter words containing w, o, r, m, s
- american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
- away from sb/sth — If something is away from a person or place, it is at a distance from that person or place.
- baron tweedsmuir — the title of Scottish novelist John Buchan
- brown house moth — a species of micro moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
- compression wave — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.
- de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
- emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
- farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- hookworm disease — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- in so many words — 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.
- law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
- man of few words — man who speaks very little
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained
- micrometer screw — a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
- new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
- northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
- social darwinism — a 19th-century theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions and in accord with which a position of laissez-faire is advocated.
- somehow or other — in an undetermined way
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
- systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
- two-party system — a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
- two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- warminster broom — a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.
- woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
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