11-letter words containing p, w, a
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potato worm — tomato hornworm.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- powerdomain — (theory) The powerdomain of a domain D is a domain containing some of the subsets of D. Due to the asymmetry condition in the definition of a partial order (and therefore of a domain) the powerdomain cannot contain all the subsets of D. This is because there may be different sets X and Y such that X <= Y and Y <= X which, by the asymmetry condition would have to be considered equal. There are at least three possible orderings of the subsets of a powerdomain: Egli-Milner: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y and for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The other domain always contains a related element"). Hoare or Partial Correctness or Safety: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y ("The bigger domain always contains a bigger element"). Smyth or Total Correctness or Liveness: X <= Y iff for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The smaller domain always contains a smaller element"). If a powerdomain represents the result of an abstract interpretation in which a bigger value is a safe approximation to a smaller value then the Hoare powerdomain is appropriate because the safe approximation Y to the powerdomain X contains a safe approximation to each point in X. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- rawoop-snap — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- ship of war — warship.
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- sparrowhawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
- spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- springwater — water from a spring