12-letter words containing t, w, o, e
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- dotted swiss — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- eiffel tower — landmark in Paris
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- fort stewart — a military reservation in SE Georgia, SW of Savannah.
- forward rate — the agreed price for something that is to be bought or sold at a later date
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- get off with — kiss
- ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
- ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- hotel worker — a person who works in the hotel industry
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- it takes two — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.