15-letter words containing e, n, w, i, d
- put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
- 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
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- 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
- solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- unknown soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- venetian window — Palladian window.
- wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- weekend warrior — a reservist who attends weekend meetings of his or her unit in order to fulfill military obligations.
- well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- well-considered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- well-delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- well-engineered — a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
- well-identified — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- well-maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- well-ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- west des moines — a city in S central Iowa, near Des Moines.
- west wind drift — Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.