12-letter words containing o, n, w, a
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- 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.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shadow bands — slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- 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.
- 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 orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tapioca snow — snow pellets.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- 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.
- towaway zone — See example at towaway.
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- unfollowable — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- vienna woods — Wienerwald.
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
- wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
- wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
- waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.