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14-letter words containing d, w, i, g

  • aswan high dam — a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)
  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
  • building works — construction projects
  • chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • digital wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • dogwood family — the plant family Cornaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, small flowers often surrounded by showy, petallike bracts, and berrylike fruit, including the bunchberry, cornelian cherry, and dogwood.
  • dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
  • following wind — a wind that is moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc
  • forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
  • get with child — to make pregnant
  • 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 wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
  • gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
  • heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 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.
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • inward-looking — person
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.

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