15-letter words containing p, w, a
- algaroth powder — antimony oxychloride.
- apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
- away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
- backup software — (tool, software) Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
- be a wake-up to — to be fully alert to (a person, thing, action, etc)
- beam-power tube — a vacuum tube in which the stream of electrons flowing to the plate is focused by the action of a set of auxiliary, charged elements, giving an increase in output power.
- blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- clamp down (on) — to become more strict (with)
- coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- d. c. power lab — The former site of SAIL. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare Marginal Hacks.
- daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
- dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
- doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
- draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- edwards plateau — a highland area in SW Texas. 2000–5000 feet (600–1500 meters) high.
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
- flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
- front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- grasp at straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
- have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
- hawaiian pidgin — an English-based creole widely spoken in Hawaii.
- heath speedwell — a temperate scrophulariaceous plant, Veronica officinalis, having small blue or pinkish white flowers
- hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
- hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
- hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
- keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- packet-switched — packet switching
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
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