16-letter words containing wi
- new jack (swing) — a style of rhythm-and-blues music blending rap, disco, funk, soul, etc. and characterized by aggressive, boastful, romantic lyrics
- no-win situation — choice between negative outcomes
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- one with another — on average
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
- put someone wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- quick with child — pregnant, esp being in an advanced state of pregnancy, when the movements of the fetus can be felt
- sandwich islands — the Hawaiian Islands
- sb will be lucky — If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
- 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.
- spanish windlass — a stick used as a device for twisting and tightening a rope or cable
- swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
- swine erysipelas — erysipelas (def 2).
- swinging sixties — the 1960s as a decade when social and sexual freedom increased
- swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
- swiss stone pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra,, found especially in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- 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
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- to wine and dine — If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
- topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
- twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
- twin-lens camera — a camera having two separately mounted lenses coordinated to eliminate parallax errors or for making stereoscopic photographs.
- twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
- under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- will-o'-the-wisp — ignis fatuus (def 1).
- willem-alexander — full name Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand. born 1967, king of the Netherlands from 2013
- william bradford — Gamaliel, 1863–1932, U.S. biographer and novelist.
- william hamilton — (person) A mathematician who posed Hamilton's problem.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- willow ptarmigan — a ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, of arctic and subarctic regions of the New and Old Worlds, having brown, mottled plumage in summer and white plumage in winter.
- wilson's disease — a rare hereditary disease in which copper accumulates in the brain and liver, gradually leading to tremors, muscular rigidity, kidney malfunction, and cognitive disturbances: marked by Kayser-Fleischer rings.
- wilson's warbler — a North American warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, having yellow plumage and a black patch on top of the head.
- wimp environment — WIMP
- win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
- wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- wind river range — a mountain range in W Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Gannett Peak, 13,785 feet (4202 meters).
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor