15-letter words containing t, w, i, d
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- packet-switched — packet switching
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- read-write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- read/write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- 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
- red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
- reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
- 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.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- 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.
- 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
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
- 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
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- 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.
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- 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
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- 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-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.