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15-letter words containing s, w

  • news conference — a press conference, especially one held by a government official.
  • newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
  • newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
  • nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
  • north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
  • north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
  • old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
  • onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
  • outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
  • overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
  • overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
  • packet-switched — packet switching
  • paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
  • parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
  • peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
  • pickwick papers — (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) a novel (1837) by Charles Dickens.
  • pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • power save mode — (architecture)   A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
  • power structure — the system of authority or influence in government, politics, education, etc.: The state elections threatened to upset the existing power structure.
  • primrose yellow — primrose (def 3).
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • prisoner of war — a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. Abbreviation: POW.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • psyllid yellows — a viral disease transmitted by the potato psyllid, causing the young leaves of potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers to curl and turn yellow or purplish.
  • queen's highway — king's highway.
  • question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
  • quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
  • railway station — train stop, railroad station
  • raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
  • red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • redwood seconds — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the time in seconds taken for fluid to flow through a standard orifice: accepted as standard in the UK in 1886
  • rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
  • research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
  • research worker — investigative scientist
  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • robertson screw — a screw having a square hole in the head into which a screwdriver with a square point (Robertson screwdriver (trademark)) fits
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