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12-letter words containing e, w, a

  • primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
  • private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
  • property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • railway line — railroad route
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • 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
  • sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
  • saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
  • saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
  • say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
  • scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • 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
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • 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.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • show the way — guide
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