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12-letter words containing c, r, e, w, i

  • 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.
  • majolicaware — goods made from majolica
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
  • microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
  • microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
  • news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
  • pkware, inc. — (company, compression)   The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
  • police power — the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • redwood city — a city in W California.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
  • scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • waistcoateer — a prostitute
  • walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
  • wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
  • wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
  • warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
  • water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
  • watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
  • weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
  • web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
  • web services — (standard, programming, software)   A family of standards promoted by the W3C for working with other business, developers and programs through open protocols, languages and APIs, including XML, Simple Object Access Protocol, WSDL and UDDI.
  • weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
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