12-letter words containing r, w, y
- primary wall — the wall of a plant cell that is formed first around the protoplast, composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles and held together by hydrogen bonds.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- rack railway — cog railway.
- railway line — railroad route
- railway yard — an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- redwood city — a city in W California.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- squared away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- story writer — author of prose fiction
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightways — in a direct course
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
- thirty-twomo — a book size of about 3¼ × 5½ inches (8.3 × 14 cm), determined by printing on sheets that are folded to form 32 leaves or 64 pages. Symbol: 32mo, 32°.
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
- trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
- trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- twenty-three — a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.