14-letter words containing s, e, w, r, p
- 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.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spending power — income available for spending
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- street sweeper — person who cleans roads
- sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- sweet-tempered — having a gentle and equable disposition; pleasant.
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- vesper sparrow — a common finch, Pooecetes gramineus, of fields and pastures in North America, noted for its evening song.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water purslane — a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
- water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- well preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.
- well-dispersed — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- well-preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.
- well-respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- western empire — the western portion of the Roman Empire after its division, a.d. 395, which became extinct a.d. 476.
- western europe — countries in the west of Europe
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.