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14-letter words containing c, r, e, s, t, w

  • across the way — If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • brewster chair — a chair of 17th-century New England having heavy turned uprights with vertical turned spindles filling in the back, the space beneath the arms, and the spaces between the legs.
  • brunswick stew — a stew originally made with squirrel and onions, and now usually with rabbit or chicken and corn, okra, onions, tomatoes, lima beans, etc.
  • carpet sweeper — a pushable, long-handled implement for removing dirt, lint, etc., from rugs and carpets, consisting of a metal case enclosing one or more brushes that rotate.
  • carpet-sweeper — a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • charles wrightCharles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
  • coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • descartes' law — Snell's law.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • escrow account — account held on sb else's behalf
  • know the score — understand the situation
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
  • network closet — (networking)   The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
  • screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
  • water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.

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