12-letter words containing d, i, w
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in two minds — If you are in two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action. The expression of two minds is also used, especially in American English.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- intertwisted — Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist.
- interwinding — Present participle of interwind.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
- kiddiewinkie — a child
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.