12-letter words containing m, e, w, a, r
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- newspaperman — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspapermen — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- 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.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- plate warmer — a device for warming plates
- power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walter mitty — an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
- war memorial — monument to dead soldiers
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- warm welcome — friendly or enthusiastic reception
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warmer-upper — something that provides one with invigorating warmth: Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- water bomber — an aircraft with special tanks for holding water that can be dropped on forest fires
- water hammer — the concussion and accompanying noise that result when a volume of water moving in a pipe suddenly stops or loses momentum.
- water meadow — a meadow kept fertile by flooding.
- water system — a river and all its branches.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.