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12-letter words containing w, a, r, e

  • state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
  • streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • 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.
  • surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
  • sweet dreams — sleep well
  • sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
  • torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
  • town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
  • travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
  • tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
  • tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
  • trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
  • trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
  • tube railway — subway (def 1).
  • twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
  • twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
  • unanswerable — not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
  • underdrawers — an undergarment for the lower part of the body, typically covering at least part of the legs. Compare drawer (def 2).
  • underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
  • unforewarned — not forewarned
  • unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
  • unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
  • unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
  • unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
  • utility wear — casual clothing that was originally intended for a particular activity, such as snowboarding or skiing
  • variety show — vaudeville performance
  • verner's law — the statement by K. Verner of a regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European.
  • wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
  • wagon master — wagon boss.
  • waistcoateer — a prostitute
  • wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
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