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14-letter words containing w, r, e, n

  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
  • power-on reset — (hardware)   (POR) The processes that take place when a hardware device is turned on. This may include running power-on self-test or reloading software from non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device has some reasonably complex internal state that will be set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer) as well as data in the memory of an embedded system. If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even if it does, turning it off and on again (power cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
  • preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
  • preventive war — an attack against a possible enemy to prevent an attack by that enemy at a later time.
  • property owner — sb who owns a building or land
  • puncture wound — injury: perforation
  • quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
  • railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
  • rainbow series — (publication)   Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
  • rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • 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.
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • scenic railway — a railroad that carries its passengers on a brief tour of an amusement park, resort, etc.
  • screw conveyor — a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
  • series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
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