12-letter words containing n, e, t, w
- slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
- snow thrower — snow blower.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- 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 marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- 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.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- 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 new wave — a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques
- the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
- time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
- 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.
- tone in with — to harmonize with
- towaway zone — See example at towaway.
- town dweller — a person who resides in a town
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- town meeting — a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town.
- 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.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.