15-letter words containing d, r, o, w
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
- overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- power save mode — (architecture) A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- qwerty keyboard — a keyboard having the arrangement of alphabetical and numerical keys found on the traditional typewriter
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- redwood seconds — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the time in seconds taken for fluid to flow through a standard orifice: accepted as standard in the UK in 1886
- refer to drawer — a request by a bank that the payee consult the drawer concerning a cheque payable by that bank (usually because the drawer has insufficient funds in his account), payment being suspended in the meantime
- rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
- reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
- rod pumped well — A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- say a few words — to give a brief speech
- sb of few words — A person of few words says very little, especially about their opinions or feelings.
- seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- sherwood forest — an ancient royal forest in central England, chiefly in Nottinghamshire: the traditional haunt of Robin Hood.
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- software method — Software Methodology
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- spread the word — make others aware
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- sword swallower — performer who puts swords in throat
- sword-swallower — a performer who simulates the swallowing of swords
- take one's 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.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed