9-letter words containing w, e, r, p
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- power set — the collection of all subsets of a given set.
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerless — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- poweropen — The PowerOpen Association defines and promotes the PowerOpen Environment (POE).
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prereview — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- previewer — someone who or something that gives a preview
- prewarned — 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.
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- prewiring — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- price war — intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business.
- prowessed — brave or skilful
- prowesses — exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- screw cap — a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- sea power — naval strength.
- shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- sleepwear — garments, as nightgowns or pajamas, worn for sleeping or at bedtime.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- spaceward — going into space
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spiderweb — to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.
- spirewise — in the manner of a spire
- supershow — an exceptional show
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- superwave — an exceptionally large wave
- superweed — plant resistant to weedkiller
- superwide — a wide-angle camera lens
- superwife — a highly accomplished wife
- tap water — water, obtained directly from a faucet or tap, that has not been purified, distilled, or otherwise treated.
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.