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14-letter words containing w, i, s, e, c, r

  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
  • 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.
  • bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • brewster chair — a chair of 17th-century New England having heavy turned uprights with vertical turned spindles filling in the back, the space beneath the arms, and the spaces between the legs.
  • brunswick stew — a stew originally made with squirrel and onions, and now usually with rabbit or chicken and corn, okra, onions, tomatoes, lima beans, etc.
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles wrightCharles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • coniston water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • crown princess — A Crown Princess is a princess who is the wife of a Crown Prince, or will be queen of her country when the present king or queen dies.
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • 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.
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
  • microbreweries — Plural form of microbrewery.
  • phillips screw — a screw having a cruciform slot into which a screwdriver with a cruciform point (Phillips screwdriver (trademark)) fits
  • power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
  • weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
  • weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • well described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • well-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage

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