13-letter words containing r, w, d
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- edward jenner — Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
- edward lorenz — (person) A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the Lorenz attractor in the 1960s.
- edwardsianism — a modified form of Calvinism taught by Jonathan Edwards.
- f.w. de klerk — Frederik Willem, born 1936, South African political leader: president 1989–94; Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flash-forward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- foreign-owned — owned by an individual who is resident in a different country or by a company whose headquarters are in a different country
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- form of words — the type of words and phrases used
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- forward slash — a short oblique stroke (/), or slash, especially one used in computer programming or to specify an Internet address or computer filename.
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- great ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- hand-wringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- hardwick hall — an Elizabethan mansion near Chesterfield in Derbyshire: built 1591–97 for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
- hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
- hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- in deep water — the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).