0%

14-letter words containing w, i, n, d, o

  • 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
  • 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.
  • howland island — an island in the central Pacific, near the equator: U.S. meteorological station and airfield. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • in other words — that is to say
  • indian warrior — a lousewort, Pedicularis densiflora, of the western U.S., having densely clustered red flowers.
  • inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
  • inward-looking — person
  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • lowside window — (in medieval English churches) a window set low in the outside wall, permitting the interior to be seen from the outside.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
  • new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • out the window — discarded or wasted
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • poison dogwood — poison sumac.
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • pull-down list — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • put into words — express in language
  • quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • sandalwood oil — extract of fragrant Asian wood
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sit-down money — social security benefits
  • snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
  • transom window — a window divided by a transom.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?