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

  • put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
  • seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • spirit wrestler — a Doukhobor.
  • spirits of wine — alcohol (def 1).
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
  • symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
  • ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
  • water pimpernel — the brookweed.
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
  • wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
  • wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
  • weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
  • well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • western juniper — a round-headed tree, Juniperus occidentalis, of the western coast of the U.S., having scalelike leaves with a gland on the back and oval, blue-black fruit.
  • western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
  • widow's pension — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a weekly payment made to a widow
  • wilson's petrel — a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • win one's spurs — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
  • wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
  • window envelope — an envelope with a transparent opening through which the address on the enclosure may be read.
  • winnie-the-pooh — a collection of children's stories (1926) by A. A. Milne.
  • winning opening — the dedans, winning gallery, or grille.
  • winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
  • with respect to — as regards
  • wood turpentine — turpentine obtained from pine trees.
  • word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
  • work experience — temporary job placement
  • write-protected — (of a computer disk) having been protected from accidental writing or erasure
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