17-letter words containing d, o, w, s

nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
out of this world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
red-osier dogwood — Also called red-osier dogwood. a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits.
russian wolfhound — borzoi.
sandwich compound — any of a class of organometallic compounds whose molecules have a metal atom or ion bound between two plane parallel organic rings
sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
sb could do worse — If you tell someone that they could do worse than do a particular thing, you are advising them that it would be quite a good thing to do.
scattered showers — showers that are scattered across an area, or that occur at intervals throughout the day
second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
sidesaddle flower — a pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
sword of damocles — Damocles (def 2).
the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
to do one's worst — If someone does their worst, they do everything unpleasant that they can possibly do. You can say 'do your worst' to show someone that you are not frightened of what they may do.
to know no bounds — If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds, you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense.
to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
weigh one's words — 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.
well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
white blood cells — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
wild sweet potato — man-of-the-earth.
williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
windowglass shell — capiz.
windows messaging — (messaging) Microsoft's Internet electronic mail application, formerly called Microsoft Exchange.
wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
wisdom of solomon — a book of the Apocrypha.

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