12-letter words containing o, r, w, e
- women's wear — apparel and accessories for women.
- wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
- wondermonger — a person who tells of or works wonders
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wonderworker — A person who performs miracles or wonders.
- wondrousness — The quality of being wondrous.
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- woodchippers — Plural form of woodchipper.
- woodchoppers — Plural form of woodchopper.
- wooden horse — Trojan horse (def 1).
- woodruff key — a key having the form of a nearly semicircular disk fitting into a recess in a shaft.
- wool stapler — a dealer in wool.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
- word-perfect — correct in every detail
- wordlessness — speechless, silent, or mute.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- work to rule — If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.
- work wonders — have a transforming effect
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- working week — A working week is the amount of time during a normal week that you spend doing your job.
- workingwomen — a woman who is regularly employed.
- worklessness — (British) Unemployment; the state of being without paid work.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world leader — sth that is the best internationally
- world record — international best
- world series — an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- worldly-wise — wise as to the affairs of this world.
- wormseed oil — chenopodium oil.
- worried sick — extremely anxious about sb or sth
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- written word — You use the written word to refer to language expressed in writing, especially when contrasted with speech or with other forms of expression such as painting or film.
- wrong number — a call made to a number other than the one intended. the number or person reached through such a call.
- wrong-headed — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yarrow-river — a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.
- yellow cress — any of various species of cress (Rorippa) that are related to watercress and have yellow flowers. They are not confined to water margins and some are garden weeds
- yellow fever — an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, especially Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.
- yellow ocher — a paint pigment, a variety of limonite, consisting of iron oxide and clay
- yellow ochre — an earth pigment which is yellowish orange