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12-letter words containing i, t, w, o, n

  • mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
  • new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
  • new frontier — the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.
  • new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
  • nonnewtonian — Not Newtonian.
  • not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
  • noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • 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
  • owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • 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.
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
  • snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • tone in with — to harmonize with
  • town council — municipal government
  • town meeting — a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • 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
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
  • uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
  • wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
  • waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
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