12-letter words containing d, r, a, w, n
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- 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.
- 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.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- 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.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- network card — network interface controller
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
- rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- 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
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- 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.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- 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.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- 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
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.