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12-letter words containing w, h, d

  • acid washing — a process in which a denim garment is treated with a bleach solution containing chlorine-soaked stones so that the color becomes faded and the material is softer.
  • amdahl's law — (parallel)   (Named after Gene Amdahl) If F is the fraction of a calculation that is sequential, and (1-F) is the fraction that can be parallelised, then the maximum speedup that can be achieved by using P processors is 1/(F+(1-F)/P).
  • and what not — and other things of all sorts
  • be done with — to end relations with
  • beaked whale — any of a worldwide family (Ziphiidae) of medium-sized toothed whales characterized by a long, narrow snout
  • bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • charles drewCharles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
  • chew the cud — to reflect or think over something
  • childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
  • chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
  • chowderheads — Plural form of chowderhead.
  • churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
  • 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.
  • crowned head — a monarch
  • deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
  • do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
  • doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
  • double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
  • 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.
  • downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
  • dual highway — divided highway.
  • dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
  • edwin hubbleEdwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
  • egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
  • fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
  • foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
  • foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
  • forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
  • fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
  • go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
  • grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
  • half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
  • half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
  • halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
  • hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
  • hand-me-down — an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
  • hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
  • handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
  • hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.

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