12-letter words containing m, o, w
- 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
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- newton-meter — joule.
- 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.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- one-man show — a show with only one performer
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- 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.
- 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.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- sink or swim — fail or succeed
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- 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.
- thirty-twomo — a book size of about 3¼ × 5½ inches (8.3 × 14 cm), determined by printing on sheets that are folded to form 32 leaves or 64 pages. Symbol: 32mo, 32°.
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- 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.
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- town meeting — a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- vowel system — the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.