15-letter words containing w, e, d
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- show one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
- 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.
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- software method — Software Methodology
- 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.
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- spread the word — make others aware
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- sweetheart deal — any agreement in which a public body offers unduly favourable terms to a private company or individual
- swellheadedness — the fact or state of being conceited
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- sword swallower — performer who puts swords in throat
- sword-swallower — a performer who simulates the swallowing of swords
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- the donkey work — difficult, boring, or routine work
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
- the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to chew the cud — When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly-digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it.
- to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
- tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
- transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- 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.
- unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.