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12-letter words containing a, w, e, i

  • isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
  • it takes two — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
  • jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
  • jawless fish — cyclostome.
  • jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
  • k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
  • killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
  • kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
  • kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
  • law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
  • law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
  • lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
  • lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
  • lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
  • leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
  • legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
  • 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.
  • lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
  • 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.
  • long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • mail gateway — (messaging)   A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
  • majolicaware — goods made from majolica
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
  • maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
  • medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
  • medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
  • mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
  • militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
  • mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
  • minimum wage — lowest hourly earnings permitted by law
  • minimum-wage — of or relating to a minimum wage: minimum-wage demands.
  • mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
  • new atlantis — a political allegory by Francis Bacon, published in 1627.
  • new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
  • new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
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