12-letter words containing l, o, w
- public works — government-funded construction
- pussy willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- pussy-willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
- rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
- 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.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- roller towel — a long towel sewed together at the ends and hung on a roller.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- 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.
- saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
- saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
- scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schoolfellow — a schoolmate.
- 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.
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
- shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slow-release — sustained-release.
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- 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.
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.