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12-letter words containing l, a, w, r, e

  • mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
  • maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
  • medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
  • medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
  • metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • 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.
  • news release — a statement prepared and distributed to the press by a public relations firm, governmental agency, etc.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • 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.
  • palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
  • parallelwise — in a parallel manner
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
  • plate warmer — a device for warming plates
  • polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • pot-walloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
  • prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
  • prayer shawl — a tallith.
  • prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
  • property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
  • railway line — railroad route
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
  • 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.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • 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.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
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