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18-letter words containing d, o, w

  • row address strobe — (storage)   (RAS) An input to a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) to indicate that the row address lines are valid.
  • rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
  • sheltered workshop — a place of employment for persons with disabilities where their rights are protected and their needs are met.
  • short-tailed shrew — a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body.
  • song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
  • sow dragon's teeth — to take some action that is intended to prevent strife or trouble but that actually brings it about
  • spread one's wings — to make full use of one's abilities
  • st. andrew's cross — a low evergreen shrub, Ascyrum hypericoides, native to temperate and subtropical America, having flowers in clusters of three: often cultivated.
  • stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
  • sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
  • swollen-headedness — the quality of being conceited
  • take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
  • telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
  • think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
  • to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
  • to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
  • to take a dim view — If you take a dim view or a poor view of someone or something, you disapprove of them or have a low opinion of them.
  • townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
  • traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
  • true to one's word — If you are true to your word or as good as your word, you do what you say you will do.
  • ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
  • vicar of wakefield — a novel (1766) by Goldsmith.
  • wage determination — the process of setting wage rates or establishing wage structures in particular situations
  • wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
  • watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
  • water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
  • watson-crick model — a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule's two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
  • wedge-heeled shoes — shoes with wedge heels
  • wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.
  • west-northwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-northwest.
  • west-southwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-southwest.
  • western meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
  • white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
  • white-fronted tern — a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata, with a long black bill, a white breast, and a forked tail
  • white-spotted hyla — a type of tree frog (H. leucophyllata) of tropical America
  • widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
  • wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
  • wildlife programme — (esp on television) a documentary whose subject is wild animals in their natural habitat or undomesticated fauna and flora generally
  • withdrawal symptom — effects of stopping a drug
  • woe betide someone — misfortune will befall someone
  • woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
  • wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
  • work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
  • work-study student — a student who is permitted to work while studying, and use the money earned to pay for their studies
  • world championship — an international competition in a particular sport or activity for people all around the world
  • world of one's own — a state of mental detachment from other people
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