13-letter words containing p, e, n, w
- pay one's way — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- pop-down menu — pull-down menu
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- power station — a generating station.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
- pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- puncture weed — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- pure new wool — the best wool or wool blended fibres
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- speed walking — power walking.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- two penn'orth — During a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.
- twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water parting — a watershed or divide.
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.