14-letter words containing w, r, s, t
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the northwest.
- northwestwards — northwestward.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
- one-horse town — a small or obscure town
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
- postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
- potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
- 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 struggle — fight to take control
- power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- 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.
- printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
- put down roots — settle: in a place
- put into words — express in language
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
- 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.
- software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
- somar software — (company) The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
- south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.