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12-letter words containing s, n, o, w

  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • renownedness — celebrated; famous.
  • rolling news — current affairs: continuous
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
  • 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.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow bands — slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
  • skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
  • slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
  • snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
  • 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.
  • snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
  • snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
  • snow thrower — snow blower.
  • snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
  • snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
  • snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  • snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
  • song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
  • star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
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