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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.
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