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12-letter words containing c, r, e, w

  • pkware, inc. — (company, compression)   The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
  • police power — the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • redwood city — a city in W California.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
  • snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stone curlew — thick-knee.
  • surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • sweet clover — melilot.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • waistcoateer — a prostitute
  • walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
  • wall creeper — a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.
  • wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
  • walnut creek — a town in W California.
  • wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
  • warm welcome — friendly or enthusiastic reception
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