12-letter words containing p, o, r, w
- public works — government-funded construction
- push forward — keep advancing
- 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.
- road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
- sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- 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.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- sparrowgrass — asparagus.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- sportswriter — a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.
- throw pillow — a small pillow placed on a chair, couch, etc., primarily for decoration.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
- 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
- underpowered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water sports — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water vapour — steam
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- weeny-bopper — a child of 8 to 12 years, esp a girl, who is a keen follower of pop music
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whippoorwill — a nocturnal North American nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus, having a variegated plumage of gray, black, white, and tawny.
- whipscorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).