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12-letter words containing r, e, w, l

  • crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
  • crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
  • crumble away — disintegrate
  • cuckooflower — a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
  • curliewurlie — an extremely curled or twisted object or ornament
  • cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
  • cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
  • cylinder saw — crown saw.
  • deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
  • delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
  • dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
  • dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
  • dockwalloper — longshoreman
  • double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
  • dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
  • downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
  • drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
  • dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
  • dwarf laurel — a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
  • dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
  • early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
  • editorial we — we (def 6).
  • edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
  • eiffel tower — landmark in Paris
  • elbow grease — physical effort
  • fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • fennelflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nigella, of the buttercup family, especially N. sativa, the seeds of which are used, especially in the East, as a condiment and medicine.
  • ferrel's law — the law that wind is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis effect to air masses.
  • ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
  • fingerflower — purple foxglove.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
  • flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
  • flower power — Flower power is an old-fashioned way of referring to hippies and the culture associated with hippies in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • flowerpecker — any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.
  • followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
  • four-wheeler — a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.
  • fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
  • freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
  • fribble away — to use wastefully
  • full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
  • gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
  • gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
  • gallows tree — a gallows.
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