14-letter words containing s, e, t, r, w
- petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
- potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- power struggle — fight to take control
- 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.
- power-on reset — (hardware) (POR) The processes that take place when a hardware device is turned on. This may include running power-on self-test or reloading software from non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device has some reasonably complex internal state that will be set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer) as well as data in the memory of an embedded system. If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even if it does, turning it off and on again (power cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
- skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- 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.
- south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- straw mattress — bed padding filled with straw
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- street railway — a company that operates streetcars or buses.
- street sweeper — person who cleans roads
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
- sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- sweet wormwood — a widely distributed plant, Artemisia annua, having scented leaves and loose, nodding clusters of yellow flowers.
- sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
- sweet-tempered — having a gentle and equable disposition; pleasant.