13-letter words containing w, r, i, t, n
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- internet worm — (networking, security) The November 1988 worm perpetrated by Robert T. Morris. The worm was a program which took advantage of bugs in the Sun Unix sendmail program, Vax programs, and other security loopholes to distribute itself to over 6000 computers on the Internet. The worm itself had a bug which made it create many copies of itself on machines it infected, which quickly used up all available processor time on those systems. Some call it "The Great Worm" in a play on Tolkien (compare elvish, elder days). In the fantasy history of his Middle Earth books, there were dragons powerful enough to lay waste to entire regions; two of these (Scatha and Glaurung) were known as "the Great Worms". This usage expresses the connotation that the RTM hack was a sort of devastating watershed event in hackish history; certainly it did more to make non-hackers nervous about the Internet than anything before or since.
- interviewee's — a person who is interviewed.
- interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
- job interview — a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out if they are suitable for a post of employment
- john winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
- midwesterners — Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of 'Midwesterner'.
- mineral water — water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- once or twice — If you have done something once or twice, you have done it a few times, but not very often.
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- power station — a generating station.
- pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
- rabbit warren — warren.
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
- run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- scriptwriting — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.