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

  • 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.
  • cylinder saw — crown saw.
  • darning wool — wool used for darning
  • darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
  • delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
  • dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
  • dockwalloper — longshoreman
  • downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
  • draw a blank — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
  • drawbar pull — the force, measured in pounds, available to a locomotive for pulling rolling stock after overcoming its own tractive resistance.
  • drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
  • dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
  • dwarf laurel — a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
  • dwarf mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
  • dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
  • early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
  • editorial we — we (def 6).
  • edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
  • elbow grease — physical effort
  • fall forward — (communications)   A feature of a modem protocol where two modems which fall back to a lower speed because of data corruption can later return to the higher speed if the connection improves.
  • fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • ferrel's law — the law that wind is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis effect to air masses.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • forward roll — a gymnastic movement in which the body is turned heels over head with the back of the neck resting on the ground
  • forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
  • four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
  • fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
  • fribble away — to use wastefully
  • full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
  • gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
  • gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
  • gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
  • gallows tree — a gallows.
  • galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
  • general will — (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
  • 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.
  • graham's law — the principle that the rates of diffusion and effusion of a gas are inversely proportional to the square root of its density, proposed by Thomas Graham (1805-69) in 1831
  • grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
  • grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
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