12-letter words containing a, r, d, w
- push forward — keep advancing
- radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
- railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- 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
- road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- 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
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- 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
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- 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.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- 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