12-letter words containing w, a, r, t, e
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- fair-weather — used in or intended for fair weather only.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- 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.
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- 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.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- 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.
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- 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.
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- 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.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- matter waves — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- meteor swarm — any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- network card — network interface controller
- newport east — a town in SE Rhode Island.
- news theatre — a cinema that specialized in showing news films
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pastures new — If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.