15-letter words containing t, w
- on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
- one-two (punch) — a sequence of two quick punches, esp. a jab with the left hand followed at once by a hard blow with the right
- out of the wood — clear of or safe from dangers or doubts
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- packet-switched — packet switching
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- 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
- picture writing — the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
- pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
- play havoc with — bring chaos to
- 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 structure — the system of authority or influence in government, politics, education, etc.: The state elections threatened to upset the existing power structure.
- precinct worker — a worker in a polling or electoral district (such as someone who mans voting, etc)
- preview monitor — (in a television studio control room) a picture monitor used for inspecting a picture source before it is switched to transmission
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
- 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.
- qwerty keyboard — a keyboard having the arrangement of alphabetical and numerical keys found on the traditional typewriter
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- read-write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- read/write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
- refer to drawer — a request by a bank that the payee consult the drawer concerning a cheque payable by that bank (usually because the drawer has insufficient funds in his account), payment being suspended in the meantime
- reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
- 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
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- royal worcester — Worcester china made after 1862
- rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- scotch woodcock — toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs.
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)