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12-letter words containing r, w, d

  • onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
  • opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
  • oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
  • orthodox jew — a Jew who adheres faithfully to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism as evidenced chiefly by a devotion to and study of the Torah, daily synagogue attendance if possible, and strict observance of the Sabbath, religious festivals, holy days, and the dietary laws.
  • otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
  • outside work — work done off the premises of a business
  • overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • 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:
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
  • 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.
  • pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
  • pillow sword — a straight sword of the 17th century.
  • 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 chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powder paper — Pharmacology. charta (def 2).
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • presweetened — already sweetened
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
  • putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
  • radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
  • railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
  • rainbow bird — an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus, with brightly coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows
  • randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
  • redwood city — a city in W California.
  • reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
  • renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
  • renownedness — celebrated; famous.
  • review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
  • road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
  • round window — a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
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