13-letter words that end in w
- lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
- lancet window — a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.
- launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
- leibniz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- lunar rainbow — moonbow.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
- 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.
- modern hebrew — the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. Abbreviation: ModHeb.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- moseley's law — the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- no-score draw — A no-score draw is the result of a football match in which neither team scores any goals.
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- overrun screw — A variety of fandango on core produced by a C program scribbling past the end of an array (C implementations typically have no checks for this error). This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the array is static; if it is auto, the result may be to smash the stack - often resulting in heisenbugs of the most diabolical subtlety. The term "overrun screw" is used especially of scribbles beyond the end of arrays allocated with malloc; this typically overwrites the allocation header for the next block in the arena, producing massive lossage within malloc and often a core dump on the next operation to use stdio or malloc itself. See spam, overrun; see also memory leak, memory smash, aliasing bug, precedence lossage, fandango on core, secondary damage.
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- real soon now — (jargon, humour) (RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry Pournelle's column in BYTE. The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea. "I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
- ribbon window — a long window made up of a number of individual compartments set together horizontally with little or no division.
- 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.
- rotary harrow — a harrow with a number of turning wheels rimmed with spikes, used for various soil treatments.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
- sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
- stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- swamp sparrow — a North American sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, inhabiting marshy areas.
- to the marrow — deeply
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- unwritten law — a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
- wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
- witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.