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17-letter words containing w, t, s, d

  • acme screw thread — a type of screw thread having inclined flat flanks and a flat top and bottom: used in machine tools
  • ahnfelt's seaweed — a red alga, Ahnfeltia plicata, common along the coasts of North America and Europe, having brownish, bushlike branches.
  • at swords' points — ready to quarrel or fight
  • babe in the woods — a baby or child.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • bull of the woods — the foreman of a logging operation.
  • charles townshendCharles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
  • consolidated laws — a body of laws collected together in a single codifying statute
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • cryptic crossword — a crossword where each clue is a word puzzle
  • darwinian fitness — fitness (def 3).
  • darwinian-fitness — health.
  • down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
  • down-at-the-heels — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
  • dutch west indies — a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch realm. 366 sq. mi. (948 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
  • edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
  • follow the hounds — to hunt a fox, etc. on horseback with hounds
  • forward contracts — Forward contracts are agreements to buy something in the future for a price that has been agreed today.
  • four-letter words — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
  • garden strawberry — a plant which has white flowers and red edible fruits and is spread by runners, Fragaria ananassa
  • get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
  • go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
  • hardware register — (hardware, system administration)   (Or "hardware log") A list of all hardware, both internal and external, that is attached to a particular computer.
  • how the land lies — the prevailing conditions or state of affairs
  • i wouldn't say no — You use 'I wouldn't say no' to indicate that you would like something, especially something that has just been offered to you.
  • in the wilderness — If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
  • indian strawberry — a plant, Duchesnea indica, of the rose family, native to India, having yellow flowers and inedible fruit resembling strawberries.
  • interrupted screw — a screw having the thread interrupted in one or more places by longitudinal channels, as in the breech of a cannon or the lead screw of a lathe.
  • inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
  • japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
  • ladies-in-waiting — plural of lady-in-waiting.
  • lake of the woodsEldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
  • light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
  • microsoft windows — (operating system)   Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. The 1996 market share of operating systems was: DOS/Windows 70% Windows 95 15% Windows NT 2% Other 13% Versions include 1985 Windows 1, 1987 Windows 2, 1987 Windows/386, 1990 Windows 3.0, 1992 Windows 3.1, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 1993 Windows 3.11, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1993 Windows NT 3.1, 1994 Windows NT 3.5, 1995 Windows 95, 199? Windows NT 4, 1998 Windows 98, Windows NT 5, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.
  • most well studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
  • neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
  • new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
  • newcastle disease — a rapidly spreading virus-induced disease of birds and domestic fowl, as chickens, marked by respiratory difficulty, reduced egg production and, in chicks, paralysis.
  • of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • one-time password — (security)   (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
  • out of this world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • scattered showers — showers that are scattered across an area, or that occur at intervals throughout the day
  • scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
  • seaweed marquetry — marquetry having the form of symmetrical, foliate scrolls, as on English cabinetwork of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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