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14-letter words containing s, w, e

  • c with classes — Short-lived predecessor to C++.
  • carpet sweeper — a pushable, long-handled implement for removing dirt, lint, etc., from rugs and carpets, consisting of a metal case enclosing one or more brushes that rotate.
  • carpet-sweeper — a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets
  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • chicken switch — a device by which an astronaut may eject the capsule in which he or she rides in the event that a rocket malfunctions.
  • chippewa falls — a city in W Wisconsin.
  • clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
  • come one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
  • context switch — (operating system)   When a multitasking operating system stops running one process and starts running another. Many operating systems implement concurrency by maintaining separate environments or "contexts" for each process. The amount of separation between processes, and the amount of information in a context, depends on the operating system but generally the OS should prevent processes interfering with each other, e.g. by modifying each other's memory. A context switch can be as simple as changing the value of the program counter and stack pointer or it might involve resetting the MMU to make a different set of memory pages available. In order to present the user with an impression of parallism, and to allow processes to respond quickly to external events, many systems will context switch tens or hundreds of times per second.
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
  • cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
  • crown princess — A Crown Princess is a princess who is the wife of a Crown Prince, or will be queen of her country when the present king or queen dies.
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
  • descartes' law — Snell's law.
  • dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  • disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
  • do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
  • dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
  • 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.
  • down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
  • draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • 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.
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
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