13-letter words containing p, w, a
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- proxy gateway — proxy server
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
- speed walking — power walking.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- swamp sparrow — a North American sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, inhabiting marshy areas.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- throw a party — host a celebration
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- town planning — city planning.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- two-part time — duple time.
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- ups and downs — good and bad experiences
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- wah-wah pedal — a foot pedal attached to an electronic musical instrument, used to create a sound that simulates the sound made by a trumpet, cornet, etc, when the bell is alternately covered and uncovered
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- wall painting — mural painting executed by any of various techniques, as encaustic, tempera, fresco, or oil paint on canvas, often as an enhancement of the architecture of which the recipient wall is a part.
- walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- warp knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted vertically in a flat form.