12-letter words containing a, n, d, w
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- fall down on — to fail or be unsuccessful in (a job, etc.)
- far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- far and wide — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- 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.
- gondwanaland — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hand-me-down — an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- machine word — word (def 10).