12-letter words containing o, w, e, d
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
- joe-pye weed — Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
- knocked down — hit and felled: by a vehicle, etc.
- knocked-down — composed of parts or units that can be disassembled: knocked-down furniture.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- long weekend — a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- 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
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- 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".
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- 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
- of few words — taciturn, who rarely speaks
- 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.