12-letter words containing a, d, e, r, w
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- powder paper — Pharmacology. charta (def 2).
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- 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.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- square-jawed — having a regular, approximately rectangular jaw
- squared away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- thitherwards — in that direction
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- underdrawers — an undergarment for the lower part of the body, typically covering at least part of the legs. Compare drawer (def 2).
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- washer-dryer — a washing machine and a clothes dryer combined in one unit.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water meadow — a meadow kept fertile by flooding.
- 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
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.