12-letter words containing w, a, r, i, n
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- interwreathe — To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- 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.