17-letter words containing w, r, i

orange flower oil — neroli oil.
out of this world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
pointer swizzling — swizzle
poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
power supply unit — (hardware) (PSU) An electronic module that converts high voltage (110 or 240 VAC) alternating current mains electricity into smoothed direct current at the various differnt voltages required by the motherboard; internal peripheral devices, cheifly storage devices: hard disks, CD or DVD, floppy disks and external connections such as USB. A PSU needs a high enough power output rating to supply all the devices connected to it and should output as little as possible electrical noise, both on the output wires and as electromagnetic radiation. See also uninterruptable power supply.
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
quality newspaper — a more serious newspaper which gives detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
quantum cell wire — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire") Quantum cells arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However, unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge pairs changes, no current flows. Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see quantum dot, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.
quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
railway timetable — a list of railway journeys arranged according to the time when they begin and end
rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
red-osier dogwood — Also called red-osier dogwood. a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits.
register of wills — (in some states of the U.S.) the official charged with the probate of wills or with the keeping of the records of the probate court.
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.
revolutionary war — American Revolution.
richard arkwright — Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.
right-to-work law — a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.
roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
row-level locking — (database) A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
russian wolfhound — borzoi.
saint john's wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
show in (or out) — to usher into (or out of) a given place
sidesaddle flower — a pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
sino-japanese war — the war (1894–95) between China and Japan over the control of Korea that resulted in the nominal independence of Korea and the Chinese cession to Japan of Formosa and the Pescadores.
slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)

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