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11-letter words containing w, e, r, p

  • power press — a press operated by a mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.
  • power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
  • power train — a train of gears and shafting transmitting power from an engine, motor, etc., to a mechanism being driven.
  • powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
  • powerbroker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • powerdomain — (theory)   The powerdomain of a domain D is a domain containing some of the subsets of D. Due to the asymmetry condition in the definition of a partial order (and therefore of a domain) the powerdomain cannot contain all the subsets of D. This is because there may be different sets X and Y such that X <= Y and Y <= X which, by the asymmetry condition would have to be considered equal. There are at least three possible orderings of the subsets of a powerdomain: Egli-Milner: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y and for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The other domain always contains a related element"). Hoare or Partial Correctness or Safety: X <= Y iff for all x in X, exists y in Y: x <= y ("The bigger domain always contains a bigger element"). Smyth or Total Correctness or Liveness: X <= Y iff for all y in Y, exists x in X: x <= y ("The smaller domain always contains a smaller element"). If a powerdomain represents the result of an abstract interpretation in which a bigger value is a safe approximation to a smaller value then the Hoare powerdomain is appropriate because the safe approximation Y to the powerdomain X contains a safe approximation to each point in X. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
  • powerpc 601 — (processor)   A 32-bit RISC processor with 2.8 million transistors (~1.2 million in the core logic) and 32 kilobytes of on-chip cache. Die size: 118.8 mm2. Heat dissipation at 66MHz: 9W. Performance at 66MHz: integer >60 SPECint92, floating-point >80 SPECfp92. Estimated manufacturing cost: $76. Maximum instructions per cycle: 3. 32 32-bit general-purpose registers. 32 64-bit floating-point registers. Successors: PowerPC 603, 604, 620.
  • prairie owl — burrowing owl.
  • pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • pre-written — a past participle of write.
  • private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • prizewinner — a person or thing that wins a prize or is deserving of a prize.
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
  • pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
  • pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
  • purple wire — (jargon, hardware)   Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
  • rupturewort — a plant, Herniaria glabra, of the pink family
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • screw press — a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.
  • shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
  • showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
  • soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
  • solar power — energy generated by the sun
  • spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
  • spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
  • spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
  • sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
  • spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
  • superpowers — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
  • superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
  • swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
  • swamp fever — leptospirosis.
  • swarm spore — zoospore
  • sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
  • swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
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