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14-letter words containing d, o, w

  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
  • following wind — a wind that is moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc
  • fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
  • forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
  • golden warbler — yellow warbler.
  • golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
  • gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
  • gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
  • harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
  • haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
  • have a down on — to bear ill will towards (someone or something)
  • highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
  • hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
  • hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
  • hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
  • homeward bound — going home
  • homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
  • honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
  • hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
  • household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
  • how do you do? — a conventional formula when being introduced
  • howland island — an island in the central Pacific, near the equator: U.S. meteorological station and airfield. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • in other words — that is to say
  • indian warrior — a lousewort, Pedicularis densiflora, of the western U.S., having densely clustered red flowers.
  • inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
  • inward-looking — person
  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • know backwards — to understand completely
  • knowledge base — (artificial intelligence)   A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • long-eared owl — a mottled-gray owl, Asio otus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long tuft on each side of the head.
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