16-letter words containing w, u, g
- blue-winged teal — a small North American duck (Anas discors) found on ponds and rivers
- break new ground — to do something that has not been done before
- burrowing blenny — graveldiver.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
- dual carriageway — divided highway.
- dutch new guinea — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- equity weighting — the practice of assigning different values to currencies according to factors such as geographical location and climate
- flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
- gay-lussac's law — the principle that, for relatively low pressures, the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the absolute temperature of the gas.
- get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
- giant's causeway — a large body of basalt, unusual in displaying perfect columnar jointing, exposed on a promontory on the northern coast of Northern Ireland.
- go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
- growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- jeweller's rouge — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide used as a metal polish
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- kitagawa utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- lleu llaw gyffes — the son of Gwydion and Arianhrod, provided with a name, weapons, and a wife through the magic and trickery of Gwydion in spite of the curses of Arianhrod.
- lower lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- mount washington — a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains: the highest peak in the northeast US; noted for extreme weather conditions. Height: 1917 m (6288 ft)
- mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- 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.
- part way through — mid-way; before the end
- pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
- purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
- sawn-off shotgun — A sawn-off shotgun is a shotgun on which the barrel has been cut short. Guns like this are often used by criminals because they can be easily hidden.
- soft brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses
- strawberry guava — a shrub or small tree, Psidium littorale, of the myrtle family, native to Brazil, having smooth, grayish-brown bark, leathery leaves, white flowers, and edible, white-fleshed, purplish-red fruit.
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
- teutoburger wald — a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.
- tokugawa iyeyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
- under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
- unlawful killing — Unlawful killing is used to refer to crimes which involve one person killing another.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- well thought out — produced by or showing the results of much thought: a carefully thought-out argument.
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