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14-letter words containing d, e, w, r, o

  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • puncture wound — injury: perforation
  • quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
  • sweet wormwood — a widely distributed plant, Artemisia annua, having scented leaves and loose, nodding clusters of yellow flowers.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
  • to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • wardour street — a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques
  • wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
  • water dropwort — any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Oenanthe, with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
  • weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
  • well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
  • well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
  • well-fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
  • well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
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