12-letter words containing w, h, d
- paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- push forward — keep advancing
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- shadow bands — slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
- swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
- that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
- thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- thitherwards — in that direction
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- underwhelmed — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- unwashedness — the quality or state of being unwashed
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- washer-dryer — a washing machine and a clothes dryer combined in one unit.
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).