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14-letter words containing w, s, d

  • a dusty answer — an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
  • adamawa massif — a plateau in W central Africa, in central Cameroon and E Nigeria.
  • air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
  • ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
  • andrew jacksonAndrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • andrew johnsonAndrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
  • as good as new — If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.
  • 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)
  • avogadro's law — the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
  • ballistic wind — a single wind vector that would have the same net effect on the trajectory of a projectile as the varying winds encountered in flight.
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • bewilderedness — the state of being bewildered
  • 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.
  • blow one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • 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
  • bow and scrape — to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
  • brewer's droop — an inability to get an erection because of excessive alcohol consumption
  • building works — construction projects
  • bull-nosed bow — a bow having a bulbous forefoot.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • 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.
  • compass window — a bay window having a semicircular shape
  • cotswold hills — range of hills in SW central England, mostly in Gloucestershire
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
  • cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • daniel websterDaniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • 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.
  • descartes' law — Snell's law.
  • dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  • disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
  • display window — shop window displaying goods
  • do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
  • do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
  • dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
  • 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 tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
  • 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.
  • dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
  • drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids

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