17-letter words containing i, d, e, a
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- vulcan death grip — (jargon) A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
- wade-giles system — a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English, especially before the adoption of pinyin.
- wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
- wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
- wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
- well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
- well-investigated — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- white-tailed deer — a common North American deer, Odocoileus virginianus, having a tail with a white underside.
- white-tailed kite — an American kite, Elanus leucurus, having gray plumage with a white head, breast, and tail.
- wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wild sweet potato — man-of-the-earth.
- williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
- winding staircase — long set of spiral stairs
- windowglass shell — capiz.
- windows messaging — (messaging) Microsoft's Internet electronic mail application, formerly called Microsoft Exchange.
- windscreen washer — a small nozzle on the bonnet of a motor vehicle, from which jets of water are squirted electronically onto the windscreen to help clean it
- with a difference — If you describe a job or holiday, for example, as a job with a difference or a holiday with a difference, you mean that the job or holiday is very interesting and unusual.
- with a heavy hand — in a heavy manner; without delicacy or grace
- with bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- withdrawal method — a method of contraception in which the man withdraws his penis from the woman's vagina before ejaculation
- without regard to — with no concern for
- wood preservative — a coating applied to timber as a protection against decay, insects, weather, etc
- wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
- yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
- zone of avoidance — the area of the sky in the plane of the Milky Way where interstellar dust obscures visible light so that no distant galaxies can be observed.
- zoological garden — zoo (def 1).