16-letter words containing wi
- windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
- windowless monad — (in the philosophy of Leibniz) a monad having no direct causal or perceptual relation with any other monad.
- windowpane shell — capiz.
- windows registry — (operating system) The database used by Microsoft Windows 95 and later to store all sorts of configuration information such as which program should be used to open a .doc file, DLL registration information, application-specific settings and much more. The Registry is stored in .dat files, one in the user's profile containing their per-user settings and one in the Windows directory containing settings that are global to all users. These are loaded into memory at login. The loaded data appears as a tree with five main branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT defines file types and actions, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is an alias for one of the sub-trees of HKEY_USERS and contains user settings that override the global defaults in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The branches of the tree are called "keys" and are identified by paths like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Any node in the tree can have zero or more "values" which are actually bindings of a name and a value, e.g. "Logon User Name" = "Denis". The value can be of type string, binary, dword (long integer), multi-string value or expandable string value. Windows includes a Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
- windscreen wiper — A windscreen wiper is a device that wipes rain from a vehicle's windscreen.
- windshield wiper — an electrically or pneumatically operated device consisting of a squeegee connected to a mechanical arm designed to wipe off rain, snow, etc., from a windshield or rear window.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- windward islands — a group of islands in the SE West Indies, consisting of the S part of the Lesser Antilles: includes British, French, and independent territories.
- windward passage — a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.
- windy conditions — weather in which there are strong winds
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.
- wipe off the map — to put out of existence
- wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- wireless message — a radio message
- wireline logging — Wireline logging is the process of using electric instruments to continuously measure the properties of a formation, in order to make decisions about drilling and production operations.
- wisconsin rapids — a city in central Wisconsin.
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
- witches' sabbath — Sabbat.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
- with a high hand — with arrogance; in an arbitrary or dictatorial manner
- with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
- with clean hands — innocently
- with due respect — with deserved esteem
- with sth in mind — If you do something with a particular thing in mind, you do it with that thing as your aim or as the reason or basis for your action.
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- without a murmur — If someone does something without a murmur, they do it without complaining.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.
- without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
- word for windows — (text, tool, product) The version of Microsoft Word which runs under Microsoft Windows. Version 6.0.
- yellow underwing — any of several species of noctuid moths (Noctua and Anarta species), the hind wings of which are yellow with a black bar