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12-letter words containing a, l, t, r, w

  • randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
  • streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
  • 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
  • to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
  • toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
  • torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
  • travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
  • tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
  • trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
  • tube railway — subway (def 1).
  • utility wear — casual clothing that was originally intended for a particular activity, such as snowboarding or skiing
  • walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
  • walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
  • walk-up rate — The walk-up rate at a hotel is the price charged to a customer who arrives without a reservation.
  • walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
  • walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
  • walnut creek — a town in W California.
  • walter mitty — an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
  • walter pater — Walter Horatio, 1839–94, English critic, essayist, and novelist.
  • warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
  • wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
  • wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
  • water ballet — synchronized movements, patterns, and other visual effects performed in the water by swimmers, usually to a musical accompaniment.
  • water beetle — any of various aquatic beetles, as a predaceous diving beetle.
  • water bottle — container that holds drinking water
  • water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
  • water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
  • water cooler — a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
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