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14-letter words containing d, a, g, w

  • newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
  • old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
  • shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • strong forward — power forward
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
  • tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • ward cunnigham — (person)   The creator of the first wiki.
  • warning device — alarm or danger signal
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
  • watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • windmill grass — finger grass.
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • winning hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
  • world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
  • wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
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