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12-letter words containing l, o, w

  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
  • subsoil plow — a plow for stirring the subsoil, usually without disturbing the surface.
  • swallow dive — swan dive.
  • swamp locust — water locust.
  • swamp mallow — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • sweet clover — melilot.
  • sweet violet — a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.
  • talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
  • tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • throw pillow — a small pillow placed on a chair, couch, etc., primarily for decoration.
  • to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
  • to hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
  • to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
  • to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
  • to walk tall — If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
  • toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
  • torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
  • tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
  • town council — municipal government
  • town dweller — a person who resides in a town
  • tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
  • two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
  • unfollowable — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
  • vowel system — the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
  • waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
  • wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
  • wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
  • walk of life — The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
  • walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
  • walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
  • walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
  • walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
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