12-letter words containing m, e, w, l
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- newly minted — new, recently created
- 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.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- plate warmer — a device for warming plates
- 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
- 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.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- slum-dweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- swamp azalea — an azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, of the eastern U.S., having fragrant, white to pink or sometimes red flowers.
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- 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.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- 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.
- underwhelmed — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- vowel system — the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- wall-mounted — hung on a wall
- 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
- 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.
- weaving mill — a mill where cloth is woven
- weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
- well managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-groomed — having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
- well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- well-managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-matched — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- well-meaning — meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
- well-merited — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- well-mounted — seated or riding on a horse or other animal.
- well-thumbed — A book or magazine that is well-thumbed is creased and marked because it has been read so often.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.