17-letter words containing p, h, w
- boiler horsepower — a unit of measurement of the ability of a boiler to evaporate water, usually given as the ability to evaporate 34½ pounds (15.6 kg) of water an hour, into dry saturated steam from and at 212°F (100°C).
- classical pathway — the activation of complement by an antigen-antibody reaction. Compare alternative pathway.
- deepwater horizon — an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles (64km) south-east off the coast of Louisiana, that suffered a massive oil spill following an explosion in April 2010
- dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
- down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- down the plughole — If you say that something has gone down the plughole, you mean that it has failed or has been lost or wasted.
- drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
- eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
- great-grandnephew — a grandson of one's nephew or niece.
- hardware platform — a group of compatible computers that can run the same software.
- hoare powerdomain — powerdomain
- king philip's war — the war (1675–76) between New England colonists and a confederation of Indians under their leader, King Philip.
- know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
- lower paleolithic — See under Paleolithic.
- metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
- mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
- northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- not worth a whoop — worthless
- open-channel flow — Open-channel flow is a liquid flow in a channel, which has a free liquid surface.
- pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
- pebbleweave cloth — an irregularly textured material made from twisted yarn
- pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
- play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
- play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- put the screws on — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
- sandwich compound — any of a class of organometallic compounds whose molecules have a metal atom or ion bound between two plane parallel organic rings
- schwedler's maple — a variety of the Norway maple, Acer platanoides schwedleri, producing red leaves that subsequently turn green.
- september weather — weather characteristic of the month of September, esp in being unpredictable as summer is ending and autumn is beginning
- sheepswool sponge — wool sponge.
- show sb the ropes — If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.
- slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
- spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
- spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
- spin one's wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
- swash plate motor — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
- to know the ropes — If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
- to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
- twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
- walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
- warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
- washing-up liquid — Washing-up liquid is a thick soapy liquid which you add to hot water to clean dirty dishes.
- well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
- well-photographed — a picture produced by photography.
- white-pine weevil — a brown beetle, Pissodes strobi, the larvae of which feed on the terminal buds and shoots of white pine and other conifers.
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