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14-letter words containing p, e, n, w

  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the top twenty — the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • top-down model — (programming)   A method for estimating the overall cost and effort of the proposed software project from global properties of the project. The total cost and schedule is partitioned into components for planning purposes.
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
  • twopenny piece — a two pence coin
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
  • 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.
  • walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
  • war department — the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
  • water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • weeping willow — an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches.
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • western empire — the western portion of the Roman Empire after its division, a.d. 395, which became extinct a.d. 476.
  • western europe — countries in the west of Europe
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
  • whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
  • whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
  • wilson's snipe — a North American common snipe, Gallinago (Capella) gallinago delicata.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
  • winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
  • winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
  • wrapping paper — heavy paper used for wrapping packages, parcels, etc.
  • yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.
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