11-letter words containing d, e, w
- disentwined — Simple past tense and past participle of disentwine.
- disentwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disentwine.
- dishwashers — Plural form of dishwasher.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- dobby weave — a weave with small, geometric patterns
- dock worker — A dock worker is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships.
- dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
- dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- dorset down — a breed of stocky hornless sheep having a broad head, dark face, and a dense fleece: kept for lamb production
- double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
- down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
- draw runner — loper.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
- drudge-work — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- dull-witted — mentally slow; stupid.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbed down — (jargon) Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- dwell angle — Dwell angle is the amount of time, measured as degrees of rotation, that contact breakers close in a distributor.
- dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
- dyer's-weed — any of various plants yielding dyes, as the weld, Reseda luteola, the dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, or the woad, Isatis tinctoria.