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14-letter words containing s, e, d, g, w, r

  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling

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