14-letter words containing w, h, i, d
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- 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
- 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
- grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
- 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).
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- heavy wizardry — Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface. Distinguished from deep magic, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge. Writing device drivers is heavy wizardry; so is interfacing to X (sense 2) without a toolkit. Especially found in source-code comments of the form "Heavy wizardry begins here". Compare voodoo programming.
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- howland island — an island in the central Pacific, near the equator: U.S. meteorological station and airfield. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- in other words — that is to say
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- medicine wheel — a Native American ceremonial tool representing a sacred circle
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
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