11-letter words containing w, d, a
- capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- chittamwood — American smoke tree.
- chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- companywide — Extending throughout a company.
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
- dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
- deal a blow — If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely.
- deganawidah — ("The Peacemaker") flourished 1550–1600, Huron prophet, cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- dishwashers — Plural form of dishwasher.
- dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
- disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
- dobby weave — a weave with small, geometric patterns
- down-ballot — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downloading — download
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- drag harrow — a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.