12-letter words containing o, u, t, w
- picture show — motion picture.
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- quo warranto — (formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty.
- raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- show-through — the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
- slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- 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.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- sweat it out — wait tensely
- thoroughwort — boneset.
- through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- town council — municipal government
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unoverthrown — not overthrown
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- up the wazoo — the anus.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- wall-mounted — hung on a wall
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water vapour — steam
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.