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12-letter words containing d, r, o, w

  • 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
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
  • putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
  • 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.
  • redwood city — a city in W California.
  • renownedness — celebrated; famous.
  • review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
  • road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
  • road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • 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.
  • round window — a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
  • 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.
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • 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.
  • snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
  • 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.
  • snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • 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 in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
  • throw mud at — to slander; vilify
  • to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
  • tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
  • 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.
  • trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
  • 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
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