12-letter words containing d, i, w
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- 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
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- newly minted — new, recently created
- 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
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
- 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.
- 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)
- pillow sword — a straight sword of the 17th century.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
- power-driven — powered by an electric motor
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- quick-witted — having a nimble, alert mind.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
- railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- redwood city — a city in W California.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- round window — a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
- 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.