12-letter words containing r, a, w
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- hawk's beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- hawk's-beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- 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.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- interwreathe — To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- java sparrow — a small grey-and-pink finchlike Indonesian weaverbird, Padda oryzivora: a popular cage bird
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
- kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- kerb-crawler — a man who drives slowly looking to entice a prostitute into his car for sexual purposes
- killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.