12-letter words containing w, e, d
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
- counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
- crowned head — a monarch
- curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- dawn redwood — a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- derwentwater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Area: about 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- dessert wine — A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.
- devon minnow — a spinning lure intended to imitate the swimming motion of a minnow
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- disentwining — Present participle of disentwine.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.