14-letter words containing p, o, w, e, r, n
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- power-on reset — (hardware) (POR) The processes that take place when a hardware device is turned on. This may include running power-on self-test or reloading software from non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device has some reasonably complex internal state that will be set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer) as well as data in the memory of an embedded system. If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even if it does, turning it off and on again (power cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
- property owner — sb who owns a building or land
- puncture wound — injury: perforation
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- spending power — income available for spending
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- water scorpion — 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.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- western europe — countries in the west of Europe
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.