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13-letter words containing p, o, r, w

  • toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
  • 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.
  • two-part time — duple time.
  • twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
  • ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
  • upon my word! — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
  • walter pistonWalter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
  • warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
  • waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
  • water opossum — yapok.
  • water-proofed — impervious to water.
  • watering spot — watering hole
  • waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
  • waterscorpion — 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.
  • waygoing crop — away-going crop.
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • web developer — a person or company that develops World Wide Web software applications, or that creates and maintains websites.
  • well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
  • west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
  • whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
  • will to power — (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) the self-assertive creative drive in all individuals, regarded as the supreme quality of the superman.
  • wind scorpion — sun spider.
  • winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
  • wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
  • women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
  • word painting — an effective verbal description.
  • word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
  • working group — A working group is the same as a working party.
  • working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
  • workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
  • world process — change within time, regarded as meaningful in relation to a transcendent principle or plan.
  • write-protect — to protect (a recordable disk) from accidental erasure or change; to mark (a file or disk) so that its contents cannot be modified or deleted.
  • yellow poplar — tulip tree (def 1).
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