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14-letter words containing d, a, w, n, s

  • prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • strong forward — power forward
  • suwannee sound — a part of the Gulf of Mexico where the Suwannee river reaches the sea
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • transom window — a window divided by a transom.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
  • ways and means — methods
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • western saddle — a heavy saddle having a deep seat, high cantle and pommel, pommel horn, wide leather flaps for protecting the rider's legs, and little padding.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • win hands down — be outright winner
  • windmill grass — finger grass.
  • window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • 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)
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