11-letter words containing e, a, r, w
- overforward — too familiar
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- powerdomain — (theory) The powerdomain of a domain D is a domain containing some of the subsets of D. Due to the asymmetry condition in the definition of a partial order (and therefore of a domain) the powerdomain cannot contain all the subsets of D. This is because there may be different sets X and Y such that X <= Y and Y <= X which, by the asymmetry condition would have to be considered equal. There are at least three possible orderings of the subsets of a powerdomain: Egli-Milner: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y and for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The other domain always contains a related element"). Hoare or Partial Correctness or Safety: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y ("The bigger domain always contains a bigger element"). Smyth or Total Correctness or Liveness: X <= Y iff for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The smaller domain always contains a smaller element"). If a powerdomain represents the result of an abstract interpretation in which a bigger value is a safe approximation to a smaller value then the Hoare powerdomain is appropriate because the safe approximation Y to the powerdomain X contains a safe approximation to each point in X. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rave review — extremely favourable critique
- rear window — the window at the back of a motor vehicle
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- red seaweed — any marine red alga, especially one of the genus Polysiphonia, having a reddish, much branched thallus.
- remand wing — a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
- repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.