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15-letter words containing d, i, e, a, w

  • packet-switched — packet switching
  • paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • read-write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
  • read/write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
  • reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
  • red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
  • saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
  • seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
  • stand in awe of — to respect and fear
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
  • swiss army code — (programming, humour)   Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • venetian window — Palladian window.
  • wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
  • walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
  • wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
  • weekend warrior — a reservist who attends weekend meetings of his or her unit in order to fulfill military obligations.
  • well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
  • well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
  • well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • well-delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
  • well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
  • well-maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • well-ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
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