12-letter words containing d, e, w, l
- swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
- swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- 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
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- town dweller — a person who resides in a town
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- underwhelmed — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- waggle dance — a series of patterned movements performed by a scouting bee, communicating to other bees of the colony the direction and distance of a food source or hive site.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- wall-mounted — hung on a wall
- walled plain — a circular or almost circular area on the moon, sometimes with a floor that is depressed, usually partially enclosed by walls that rise to varying heights and that are usually lower than those of a crater.
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- weasel words — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- wedded bliss — happiness in marriage
- wedge-heeled — having a wedge heel
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well advised — If someone says that you would be well advised to do a particular thing, they are advising you to do it.
- well managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- well-adapted — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
- well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- well-behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- well-beloved — loved deeply and sincerely: my well-beloved fiancé.
- well-blended — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- well-blessed — consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
- well-clothed — to dress; attire.
- well-coached — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- well-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- well-defined — sharply or clearly stated, outlined, described, etc.: a well-defined character; a well-defined boundary.
- well-devised — Law. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-dressed — attired in clothing that is of good quality, is properly fitted, and is appropriate and becoming.
- well-endowed — to provide with a permanent fund or source of income: to endow a college.
- well-exposed — left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- well-founded — having a foundation in fact; based on good reasons, information, etc.: well-founded suspicions.
- well-groomed — having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
- well-guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.