14-letter words containing d, e, h, i, w
- avalanche wind — the wind that is created in front of an avalanche.
- be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
- big red switch — (jargon) (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
- bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- get with child — to make pregnant
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- heavy wizardry — Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface. Distinguished from deep magic, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge. Writing device drivers is heavy wizardry; so is interfacing to X (sense 2) without a toolkit. Especially found in source-code comments of the form "Heavy wizardry begins here". Compare voodoo programming.
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- in other words — that is to say
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- medicine wheel — a Native American ceremonial tool representing a sacred circle
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
- out the window — discarded or wasted
- pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- 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
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries
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