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12-letter words containing t, o, w

  • power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
  • prose writer — a person who writes prose
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • 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.
  • quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
  • quo warranto — (formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty.
  • randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • 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.
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • roller towel — a long towel sewed together at the ends and hung on a roller.
  • roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • 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.
  • saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
  • saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
  • say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
  • shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • show the way — guide
  • show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • show-through — the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
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