12-letter words containing r, o, w, a, d, e
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- powder paper — Pharmacology. charta (def 2).
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- 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.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water meadow — a meadow kept fertile by flooding.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of waterboard.
- watered-down — made weaker or less effective from or as from dilution with water: a watered-down cocktail; Spectators saw a watered-down version of the famous opera.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- weasel words — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- woman driver — a female driver
- woman friend — a female friend
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world leader — sth that is the best internationally
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.