8-letter words containing p, w, a
- airpower — the strength of a nation's air force
- backwrap — anything that can be wrapped around the back to provide back support or relieve back pain
- bear paw — a type of small round snowshoe
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- capeweed — a low-growing, creeping plant, Arctotheca calendulacea, used as a ground cover in warm climates.
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- forepaws — Plural form of forepaw.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glowlamp — An aphlogistic lamp.
- jaw harp — jew's-harp
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- pairwise — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- parawing — paraglider.
- parkward — towards a park
- part way — Part way means part of the way or partly.
- part-way — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- partwork — series of magazines issued at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or book
- pass law — (formerly, in South Africa) a law restricting the movement of Black Africans, esp from rural to urban areas
- passw0rd — (security) A common default password, often given out by system administrtors to new users, the hope being that they will change it immediately.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pawn off — If you pawn off something or someone that you do not want on another person, you persuade the person to accept them.
- pawnable — able to be pawned
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pear haw — a shrub or small tree, Crataegus uniflora, of the eastern and southern coastal areas of the U.S., having pear-shaped, orange-red fruit.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- penwoman — a female writer
- peshawar — a province in Pakistan, bordering Punjab and Kashmir on the west: a former province of British India. 28,773 sq. mi. (77,516 sq. km). Capital: Peshawar.
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