12-letter words containing w, a, r, i, e
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- pay-per-view — a system requiring that a subscriber pay for each program viewed: championship games seen only on pay-per-view.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- 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.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
- railway line — railroad route
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- 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.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- 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.
- 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.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- 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.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
- trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
- 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.
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface