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16-letter words containing s, o, u, r, w

  • baron tweedsmuir — the title of Scottish novelist John Buchan
  • bonded warehouse — a warehouse in which dutiable goods are deposited until duty is paid or the goods are cleared for export
  • brown house moth — a species of micro moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
  • brown-eyed susan — a composite plant, Rudbeckia triloba, of the southeastern U.S., having a single flower with yellow rays darkening to an orange orbrown at the base and a brownish-black disk.
  • bundled software — software sold as part of a package with computers or other hardware or software
  • capsule wardrobe — a collection of clothes and accessories that includes only items considered essential
  • chatsworth house — a mansion near Bakewell in Derbyshire: seat of the Dukes of Devonshire; built (1687–1707) in the classical style
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
  • counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
  • coursewriter iii — (language, education)   A simple CAI language, developed around 1976.
  • crossword puzzle — a puzzle in which the solver deduces words suggested by numbered clues and writes them into corresponding boxes in a grid to form a vertical and horizontal pattern
  • crowd one's luck — to take unnecessary risks in an already favorable situation
  • crown prosecutor — In Britain, a crown prosecutor is a lawyer who works for the state and who prosecutes people who are accused of crimes.
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
  • house of worship — house of God.
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
  • jeweller's rouge — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide used as a metal polish
  • measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained
  • pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • put to the sword — to kill with a sword or swords
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • show cause order — a court order issued to a party in a lawsuit, directing that party to appear to give reasons why a certain action should not be put into effect by the court.
  • soft brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses
  • sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
  • swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
  • the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • to sow your oats — (of a young person) to behave in a rather uncontrolled way, esp by having a lot of sexual relationships
  • turn upside down — invert
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
  • without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
  • women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
  • writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty

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