Words containing dwi
3 letter words containing dwi
- dwi — DWI is the offense of driving after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed. DWI is an abbreviation for 'driving while intoxicated.'
4 letter words containing dwi
- dwim — /dwim/ [acronym, "Do What I Mean" (not what I say)] 1. Able to guess, sometimes even correctly, the result intended when bogus input was provided. 2. The BBNLISP/INTERLISP function that attempted to accomplish this feat by correcting many of the more common errors. See hairy. 3. Occasionally, an interjection hurled at a balky computer, especially when one senses one might be tripping over legalisms (see legalese). Warren Teitelman originally wrote DWIM to fix his typos and spelling errors, so it was somewhat idiosyncratic to his style, and would often make hash of anyone else's typos if they were stylistically different. Some victims of DWIM thus claimed that the acronym stood for "Damn Warren's Infernal Machine!'. In one notorious incident, Warren added a DWIM feature to the command interpreter used at Xerox PARC. One day another hacker there typed "delete *$" to free up some disk space. (The editor there named backup files by appending "$" to the original file name, so he was trying to delete any backup files left over from old editing sessions.) It happened that there weren't any editor backup files, so DWIM helpfully reported "*$ not found, assuming you meant 'delete *'". It then started to delete all the files on the disk! The hacker managed to stop it with a Vulcan nerve pinch after only a half dozen or so files were lost. The disgruntled victim later said he had been sorely tempted to go to Warren's office, tie Warren down in his chair in front of his workstation, and then type "delete *$" twice. DWIM is often suggested in jest as a desired feature for a complex program; it is also occasionally described as the single instruction the ideal computer would have. Back when proofs of program correctness were in vogue, there were also jokes about "DWIMC" (Do What I Mean, Correctly). A related term, more often seen as a verb, is DTRT (Do The Right Thing); see Right Thing.
5 letter words containing dwi
6 letter words containing dwi
- dwight — Timothy, 1826–1916, U.S. ecclesiastic: president of Yale University 1886–98.
- eadwig — died 959 ad, king of England (955–57)
- edwina — a female given name: derived from Edwin.
- godwin — Also, Godwine [god-wi-nuh] /ˈgɒd wɪ nə/ (Show IPA). Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.
- godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
7 letter words containing dwi
- baldwin — James Arthur. 1924–87, US Black writer, whose works include the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain (1954)
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- eadwine — Edwin (def 1).
- endwise — Upright, or standing on end.
- fedwire — The Fedwire is an electronic system for transferring large sums of money and securities between banks.
8 letter words containing dwi
- bendwise — diagonally
- birdwing — a type of large, tropical butterfly
- chadwick — Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
- chindwin — a river in N Myanmar, rising in the Kumôn Range and flowing northwest then south to the Irrawaddy, of which it is the main tributary. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- chlodwig — German name of Clovis I.
9 letter words containing dwi
- bandwidth — A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- chordwise — in the direction of an aerofoil chord
- dwindling — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
10 letter words containing dwi
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- goodwilled — possessing goodwill
- guidwillie — generous or cordial
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- hoodwinked — to deceive or trick.
11 letter words containing dwi
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
- hoodwinking — Present participle of hoodwink.
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
12 letter words containing dwi
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
13 letter words containing dwi
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
14 letter words containing dwi
- prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
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