17-letter words containing l, i, n, d, w
- acetylene welding — a type of welding that uses an acetylene torch
- backward analysis — (theory) An analysis to determine properties of the inputs of a program from properties or context of the outputs. E.g. if the output of this function is needed then this argument is needed. Compare forward analysis.
- blackwells island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- bull's-eye window — bull's-eye (def 7).
- canarybird flower — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum peregrinum, of Peru, having round, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
- celebrity wedding — a wedding of famous people, usually reported at length in celebrity magazines
- close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
- closing-down sale — a sale held to clear stock from a shop that is ceasing to operate
- consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
- diocletian window — a window in the form of a round-headed archway with a narrower compartment on either side, the side compartments usually being capped with entablatures on which the arch of the central compartment rests.
- downward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- downwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- downwardly-mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
- explosion welding — the welding of two parts forced together by a controlled explosion
- find fault (with) — to seek and point out faults (of); complain (about); criticize
- flowering dogwood — a North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, having small greenish flowers in the spring, surrounded by white or pink bracts that resemble petals: the state flower and the state tree of Virginia.
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- green-winged teal — a small freshwater duck, Anas crecca, of Eurasia and North America, having an iridescent green speculum in the wing.
- how the land lies — the prevailing conditions or state of affairs
- i wouldn't say no — You use 'I wouldn't say no' to indicate that you would like something, especially something that has just been offered to you.
- in the wilderness — If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
- ladies-in-waiting — plural of lady-in-waiting.
- learned borrowing — a word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a modern language.
- lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
- longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
- mid-level network — (Or "regional network"). The kind of networks which make up the second level of the Internet hierarchy. They are the transit networks which connect the stub networks to the backbone networks.
- middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
- middle of nowhere — a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
- newcastle disease — a rapidly spreading virus-induced disease of birds and domestic fowl, as chickens, marked by respiratory difficulty, reduced egg production and, in chicks, paralysis.
- newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
- reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
- russian wolfhound — borzoi.
- sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
- slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
- tilt at windmills — to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant.
- unlawful wounding — an offence committed when a person maliciously wounds another person
- 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
- wallis and futuna — French overseas territory in the South Pacific, northeast of the Fiji Islands: it consists of two groups of islands (Wallis Islands and Futuna Islands): c. 106 sq mi (275 sq km); pop. 14,000
- washing-up liquid — Washing-up liquid is a thick soapy liquid which you add to hot water to clean dirty dishes.
- washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
- well-investigated — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
- wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
- wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
- windowglass shell — capiz.
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