15-letter words containing w, e, r, p
- port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
- 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.
- prairie warbler — an eastern North American wood warbler, Dendroica discolor, olive-green above, yellow below, and striped with black on the face and sides.
- 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
- 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.
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- rod pumped well — A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
- screw propeller — a rotary propelling device, as for a ship or airplane, consisting of a number of blades that radiate from a central hub and are so inclined to the plane of rotation as to tend to drive a helical path through the substance in which they rotate.
- seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spirit wrestler — a Doukhobor.
- spirits of wine — alcohol (def 1).
- spread the word — make others aware
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- threepennyworth — an amount having the value or price of threepence
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
- water pennywort — any of numerous perennial herbs of the genus Hydrocotyle, of the parsley family, having rounded leaves and living in water or marshy places.
- water pimpernel — the brookweed.
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
- water-repellent — having a finish that resists but is not impervious to water.
- weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- weimar republic — the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.