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

  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powder paper — Pharmacology. charta (def 2).
  • 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
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • 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.
  • sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
  • swallow dive — swan dive.
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • sweet dreams — sleep well
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • 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
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • 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
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