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12-letter words containing d, i, w

  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • sewn binding — a style of binding where the backs of the gathered sections are sewn together before being inserted into a cover
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
  • skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
  • snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
  • snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
  • speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
  • spider's web — a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • swallow dive — swan dive.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • swift-footed — swift in running.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
  • twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
  • twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
  • twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
  • twin-engined — (of an aircraft) having two engines
  • twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
  • twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
  • underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
  • underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
  • underwritten — past participle of underwrite.
  • unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
  • unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
  • vienna woods — Wienerwald.
  • wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
  • waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
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