9-letter words containing p, o, r, w
- piepowder — a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- pokerwork — the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design with a heated metal point; pyrography
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- poor-will — a goatsucker, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, of western North America.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- power set — the collection of all subsets of a given set.
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerless — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- poweropen — The PowerOpen Association defines and promotes the PowerOpen Environment (POE).
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
- prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- prowessed — brave or skilful
- prowesses — exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
- prowl car — squad car.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- sea power — naval strength.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shop-worn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spoonworm — any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage-shaped body and a flattened head.
- stop-work — a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapwort — a seaside plant with leaves resembling straps
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- two-party — (of a political system) dominated by two major political parties
- type-word — type (def 8).
- upwrought — wrought up; agitated
- vaporware — Computer Slang. a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.