12-letter words containing w, a, d, i, s
- 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
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- 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.
- dismal swamp — a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1500 sq. km).
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- 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
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- thitherwards — in that direction
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- vienna woods — Wienerwald.
- wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water spider — a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
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