14-letter words containing w, h, d
- and/or whatnot — People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
- andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- aswan high dam — a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)
- avalanche wind — the wind that is created in front of an avalanche.
- be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
- beach wormwood — a composite plant, Artemisia stellerana, having yellow flowers and deeply lobed leaves covered with dense white fuzz.
- big red switch — (jargon) (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
- bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
- breathe a word — to say something or anything
- brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
- calendar watch — a watch that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time.
- campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
- china wood oil — tung oil
- church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
- cotswold hills — range of hills in SW central England, mostly in Gloucestershire
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
- data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- get with child — to make pregnant
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
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