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15-letter words containing d, o, w, p

  • (upon) my word! — indeed! really!
  • algaroth powder — antimony oxychloride.
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • bronzing powder — the powder used in bronzing, consisting of alloys of bronze or brass
  • clamp down (on) — to become more strict (with)
  • compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • d. c. power lab — The former site of SAIL. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare Marginal Hacks.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drive-up window — a window through which customers are served at a drive-through facility.
  • dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
  • fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
  • follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
  • groundwood pulp — wood pulp consisting of groundwood that has not been cooked or chemically treated, used for making newsprint and other poorer grades of paper.
  • have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
  • keep one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
  • onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
  • paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • power save mode — (architecture)   A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • psyllid yellows — a viral disease transmitted by the potato psyllid, causing the young leaves of potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers to curl and turn yellow or purplish.
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • rod pumped well — A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
  • seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
  • seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
  • spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
  • spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
  • spread the word — make others aware
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
  • upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • widow's pension — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a weekly payment made to a widow
  • wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
  • windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
  • window envelope — an envelope with a transparent opening through which the address on the enclosure may be read.
  • window shopping — browsing store displays
  • wood turpentine — turpentine obtained from pine trees.

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