17-letter words containing a, r, d, o
- waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
- war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
- wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
- well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- well-photographed — a picture produced by photography.
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
- wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
- wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
- withdrawal method — a method of contraception in which the man withdraws his penis from the woman's vagina before ejaculation
- without regard to — with no concern for
- wood meadow grass — a coarse, spreading grass, Poa nemoralis, of Eurasia, having flowers in long, narrow clusters.
- wood preservative — a coating applied to timber as a protection against decay, insects, weather, etc
- wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
- zoological garden — zoo (def 1).