12-letter words containing n, e, t, w
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- derwentwater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Area: about 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- dessert wine — A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- disentwining — Present participle of disentwine.
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- eyewitnesses — Plural form of eyewitness.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- french twist — French roll.
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in line with — conforming to
- in the white — (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- in-betweener — a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
- intertwining — Twist or twine together.
- intertwisted — Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist.