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14-letter words containing p, o, w

  • gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
  • in one's power — able or allowed (to)
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
  • newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-operator — a driver, especially of a truck or taxicab, who owns and operates a vehicle used to earn a living.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
  • pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • poison dogwood — poison sumac.
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
  • potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
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