12-letter words containing n, e, w, d
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- need-to-know — done or given only when it is essential that someone knows something
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- network card — network interface controller
- network node — (networking) (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host".
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- newly minted — new, recently created
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- now and then — occasionally
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
- power-driven — powered by an electric motor
- presweetened — already sweetened
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- renownedness — celebrated; famous.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.