8-letter words containing p, w
- 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.
- lispview — CLOS based windowing system on OpenWindows.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- mindwipe — (transitive, science fiction) To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves an viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mugwumps — Plural form of mugwump.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- news peg — a news story that forms the basis of or justification for a feature story, editorial, political cartoon, or the like.
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- 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
- open-web — having a web of zigzag or crisscross lacing.
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- outpower — to have more power than or defeat by power
- outsweep — an outward movement of arms in swimming breaststroke
- outswept — curving outwards
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- owerloup — an encroachment
- 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.
- peepshow — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- peesweep — an early spring storm
- peetweet — the spotted sandpiper.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- penwiper — a piece of equipment for cleaning the ink from a pen
- 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.