12-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e, n
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- nonrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- railway line — railroad route
- 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.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-renewal — the act of renewing.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- 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.
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- unanswerable — not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
- unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- verner's law — the statement by K. Verner of a regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- warren, earl — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.