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14-letter words containing w, e, d, g, i

  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • brownie guider — the adult leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • dano-norwegian — Bokmål.
  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • digital wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • get with child — to make pregnant
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
  • heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries

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