13-letter words containing d, a, g, w
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- now and again — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- speed walking — power walking.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- well arranged — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- well-arranged — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- well-regarded — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
- wing and wing — with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other.
- winter garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- word painting — an effective verbal description.
- word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.