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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.
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