12-letter words containing r, e, w, l
- lower school — a school that is preparatory to one on a more advanced level.
- lower-income — earning less than average
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- new rochelle — a city in SE New York, near New York City.
- news release — a statement prepared and distributed to the press by a public relations firm, governmental agency, etc.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- nonrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overflow pdl — (jargon) The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- owl's clover — any of several western American plants belonging to the genus Orthocarpus, of the figwort family, having dense spikes of flowers in a variety of colors with conspicuous bracts.
- owl's-clover — any of a genus (Orthocarpus) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species (O. purpurascens) with red or purple upper leaves
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- people power — community action
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- plate warmer — a device for warming plates
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles