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11-letter words containing p, i, e, w

  • plain weave — the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • policyowner — policyholder.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
  • power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
  • power drill — a drill operated by a motor.
  • power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
  • power point — electrical socket
  • power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
  • 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.
  • pre-written — a past participle of write.
  • 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
  • prizewinner — a person or thing that wins a prize or is deserving of a prize.
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
  • puddingwife — a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.
  • pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
  • purple wire — (jargon, hardware)   Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
  • sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
  • shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
  • single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
  • sweetie pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
  • sweetie-pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
  • swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
  • swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
  • typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
  • typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
  • upside down — with the upper part undermost.
  • vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
  • waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
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