12-letter words containing t, w, i, r
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new frontier — the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- 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.
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- picture show — motion picture.
- plastic wrap — a very thin, transparent sheet of plastic, usually packaged in rolls and often having the ability to cling to other substances, used especially to wrap and store food and for microwave cooking.
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- 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 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
- 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.
- preinterview — a preparatory meeting held before an interview
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- 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.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- 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.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- 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.
- 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.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.