18-letter words containing w, e, d, i

iridescent seaweed — a red alga, Irideae cordata, found on the Pacific coast of North America, having broad, leathery, iridescent blades.
james baird weaver — James Baird, 1833–1912, U.S. politician: congressman 1879–81, 1885–89.
kawasaki's disease — a disease of children that causes a rash, fever, and swelling of the lymph nodes and often damages the heart muscle
keyword in context — (algorithm, information science) (KWIC) A document search method that creates indexes of document text or titles. Each keyword is stored in the resulting index along with some surrounding text, usually the word or phrase that precedes or follows the keyword in the text or title.
kill with kindness — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
kirtland's warbler — a wood warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, breeding only in north-central Michigan and wintering in the Bahamas, bluish gray above, striped with black and pale yellow below: an endangered species.
light middleweight — an amateur boxer weighing 67–71 kg (148–157 pounds)
long hundredweight — a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the U.S.
lyophilized powder — Lyophilized powder is a freeze-dried powder.
marine underwriter — an underwriter who specializes in marine insurance
mechanical drawing — drawing, as of machinery, done with the aid of rulers, scales, compasses, etc.
medicine bow range — a range of the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming and Colorado. Highest peak, Medicine Bow Peak, 12,014 feet (3662 meters).
mendel's first law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
microwave detector — a device for recording the speed of a motorist
milkweed butterfly — monarch butterfly.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
nailed to the wall — [like a trophy] Said of a bug finally eliminated after protracted, and even heroic, effort.
neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
network redirector — (networking) An operating system driver that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector often provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs. It also makes available application services such as named pipes and mailslots. When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the Application layer and Presentation layer of the OSI model. In Microsoft Networking, the network redirectors are implemented as installable file systems (IFS).
new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
new zealand on air — the operational name for the New Zealand Broadcasting Commission
new zealand pigeon — a large fruit-eating native pigeon, Hemiphagia novaeseelandiae, of forest areas
norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
over and done with — If you say that something is over and done with, you mean that it is completely finished and you do not have to think about it any more.
packet switch node — (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, route and forward packets in a packet-switched network.
paint the town red — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
pileolated warbler — either of two western subspecies of Wilson's warbler.
plate-glass window — a window that has glass which has been formed by rolling
resistance welding — welding utilizing pressure and heat that is generated in the pieces to be welded by resistance to an electric current.
rhode island white — one of a dual-purpose American breed of chickens having white feathers and a rose comb.
rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
sharp-shinned hawk — a North American hawk, Accipiter striatus, having extremely slender legs, a bluish-gray back, and a white, rusty-barred breast.
short-tailed shrew — a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body.
spread one's wings — to make full use of one's abilities
stand/wait in line — When people stand in line or wait in line, they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something.
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
super middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kg), between middleweight and light heavyweight.
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
swim with the tide — to conform to prevailing opinion
take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
to take a dim view — If you take a dim view or a poor view of someone or something, you disapprove of them or have a low opinion of them.
traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact

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