12-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- ferrel's law — the law that wind is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis effect to air masses.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- general will — (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- 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
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- kerb-crawler — a man who drives slowly looking to entice a prostitute into his car for sexual purposes
- killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
- lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- 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
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- 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.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- 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.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica