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14-letter words containing w, e, i, r, s

  • absorbing well — a well for draining off surface water and conducting it to absorbent earth underground.
  • air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  • be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
  • bewilderedness — the state of being bewildered
  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
  • bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • brewer's grain — an exhausted malt occurring as a by-product of brewing and used as a feedstuff for cattle, pigs, and sheep
  • brewster chair — a chair of 17th-century New England having heavy turned uprights with vertical turned spindles filling in the back, the space beneath the arms, and the spaces between the legs.
  • brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
  • brunswick stew — a stew originally made with squirrel and onions, and now usually with rabbit or chicken and corn, okra, onions, tomatoes, lima beans, etc.
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles wrightCharles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • 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)
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • 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.
  • daniel websterDaniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
  • 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.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • 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.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
  • featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
  • freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
  • frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities

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