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12-letter words containing i, t, w

  • interwreathe — To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
  • interwrought — having been interworked
  • inward light — Inner Light.
  • isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
  • it takes two — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
  • keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keep up with — go as fast
  • king-whiting — northern kingfish.
  • kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
  • knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
  • know-nothing — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • 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.
  • light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
  • light-weight — light displacement.
  • lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
  • limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
  • limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
  • lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
  • little women — a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.
  • little-known — not widely known; not famed
  • 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.
  • low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
  • lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
  • lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
  • 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.
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
  • mass wasting — downhill movement of soil and rock fragments induced by gravity.
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
  • medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
  • meet up with — see socially
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
  • middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
  • midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
  • midwesterner — Middle West.
  • midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
  • military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.
  • militiawoman — A female member of a militia.
  • militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
  • motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
  • mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
  • mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
  • mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
  • multitowered — comprising several towers
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
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