12-letter words containing w, i, s, 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.
- antispinward — (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- dessert wine — A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- disentwining — Present participle of disentwine.
- dismal swamp — a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1500 sq. km).
- dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- forward bias — a voltage applied to a circuit or device, esp a semiconductor device, in the direction that produces the larger current
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- in two minds — If you are in two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action. The expression of two minds is also used, especially in American English.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- intertwisted — Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist.
- jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
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