14-letter words containing d, a, h
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- watch and ward — a continuous watch or vigil, by or as by night and by day, especially for the purpose of guarding.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-rehearsed — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- whaddayacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
- wheel and axle — a simple machine consisting, in its typical form, of a cylindrical drum to which a wheel concentric with the drum is firmly fastened: ropes are so applied that as one unwinds from the wheel, another rope is wound on to the drum.
- wheel and deal — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- wheeler-dealer — a person who wheels and deals.
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wide-awake hat — a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- 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.
- win hands down — be outright winner
- 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.
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- xeroradiograph — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- zodiacal light — a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun.