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14-letter words containing n, e, w, g, r, o

  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
  • tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • virgin's-bower — any of several American clematis plants, esp Clematis virginiana, of E North America, which has clusters of small white flowers
  • 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.
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
  • warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
  • whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • wire recording — a recording made on a wire recorder.
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
  • women's refuge — a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
  • working memory — temporary or short-term recall
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
  • yellow yorling — a yellowhammer
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