12-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- cotton waste — refuse cotton yarn, esp when used as a cleaning material
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- csk software — (company) An international software company formed by the merger of Quay Financial Software and Micrognosis, and fully owned by CSK Corporation, Japan. CSK Software is based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with offices in London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid (Spain), and Singapore. Products segments are RDD: Real-time data delivery, main product is Slingshot for delivering real-time data over the Internet (real push technology). ETS: Electronic Trading Systems, price calculation and automatic trading (with connections to XONTRO and XETRA). EAI: Enterprise Application Integration, main product is XGen, a universal message converter with GUI and connections also to SWIFT. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: CSK Software AG, Opernplatz 2, D-60313 Frankfurt, Germany. Tel: +49 (69) 509 520. Fax: +49 (69) 5095 2333.
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- 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.
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- derwentwater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Area: about 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- 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.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.
- 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 2000 — (company) One of the lagest US manufacturers of IBM compatibles, founded by CEO Ted Waitt in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1990 the company moved to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In August 1994, quarterly profits were $4 million on sales of $617 million. Sales for the first quarter of 1997 were $1.42 billion. On 1997-05-15 Gateway bought the Amiga brand.
- 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.