12-letter words containing g, e, w, a
- germ warfare — biological warfare.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- graham wafer — a cracker intended to aid digestion.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- 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.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- minimum wage — lowest hourly earnings permitted by law
- minimum-wage — of or relating to a minimum wage: minimum-wage demands.
- narrow gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- 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
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- newsmagazine — a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.