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11-letter words containing p, w

  • pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
  • puddingwife — a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.
  • pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
  • puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
  • purple wire — (jargon, hardware)   Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
  • 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 down to — ascribe to
  • 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.
  • put up with — 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.
  • review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
  • rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
  • rupturewort — a plant, Herniaria glabra, of the pink family
  • 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.
  • screw press — a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.
  • 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.
  • shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • shop window — storefront display
  • shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
  • showjumping — horseriding event
  • showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
  • showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • 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.
  • simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
  • single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
  • 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
  • sopping wet — soaked, dripping
  • 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.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
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