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14-letter words containing w, h, i, g, e, r

  • 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.
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • charles wrightCharles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
  • heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
  • heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
  • heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • interwreathing — Present participle of interwreathe.
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • weight-watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
  • wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)

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