12-letter words containing r, o, w, i
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- forward bias — a voltage applied to a circuit or device, esp a semiconductor device, in the direction that produces the larger current
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
- ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- 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)
- hero-worship — to feel or express hero worship for.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- 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.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- 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.
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.