12-letter words containing d, e, w, a
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- klamath weed — the St.-John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- 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.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- 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).
- 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.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- 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
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- 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.
- 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.
- network card — network interface controller
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- now and then — occasionally
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.