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14-letter words containing s, e, a, w

  • over-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • pascal's wager — the argument put forth by Blaise Pascal that it is in one's best interest to believe in the existence of God, as it is a rational assumption and does no harm, and the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.
  • peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
  • rainbow series — (publication)   Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
  • rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
  • raise eyebrows — cause surprise
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
  • sadler's wells — a theatre in London. It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • showplace home — a historic house
  • shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • slatwall panel — A slatwall panel is a slatted surface which can be fixed to the wall from which shelves or hooks can be hung at varying heights to display merchandise.
  • sleepaway camp — a camp providing facilities for teenagers to sleep away from home
  • snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
  • somar software — (company)   The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
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