12-letter words containing w, a
- a dirty word — If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
- a hollow leg — the capacity to eat or drink a lot without ill effects
- a whale of a — an exceptionally large, fine, etc, example of a (person or thing)
- acid washing — a process in which a denim garment is treated with a bleach solution containing chlorine-soaked stones so that the color becomes faded and the material is softer.
- acknowledged — recognized as being true or existing
- acknowledger — to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.
- acknowledges — to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.
- al-khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
- allen wrench — a thin, L-shaped wrench with a hexagonal head at both ends, designed to fit the sockets of certain screws and bolts
- allhallowmas — All Saints' Day.
- allowability — The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
- alloy wheels — wheels made from an steel alloy, usually of aluminium or magnesium, for improved properties such as reduced weight, better heat conductance and a shiny appearance
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amboina wood — the hard, heavy wood of a tree, Pterocarpus indicus, of southern Asia, having a curly or mottled grain.
- amboyna wood — the mottled, curled wood of an Asiatic, leguminous tree (Pterocarpus indicus), used in making furniture
- amdahl's law — (parallel) (Named after Gene Amdahl) If F is the fraction of a calculation that is sequential, and (1-F) is the fraction that can be parallelised, then the maximum speedup that can be achieved by using P processors is 1/(F+(1-F)/P).
- ampere's law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
- analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- anchor watch — a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
- and what not — and other things of all sorts
- angle of yaw — the acute angle between the longitudinal axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a given reference direction, as viewed from above.
- anklewarmers — Plural form of anklewarmer.
- answer print — a motion-picture film print composed of picture and sound, used for evaluation.
- antispinward — (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anuszkiewicz — Richard Joseph, born 1930, U.S. op-art painter.
- apple newton — (computer) A Personal Digital Assistant produced by Apple Computer. The Newton provides a clever, user-friendly interface and relies solely on pen-based input. Eagerly anticipated, the Newton uses handwriting recognition software to "learn" the users handwriting and provide reliable character recognition. Various third-party software applications are available and add-on peripherals like wireless modems for Internet access are being sold by Apple Computer, Inc. and its licensees.
- appletviewer — (web, testing) A simplified web browser used for testing applets. You can't browse HTML with it but you can run applets to test them before embedding them in a web page.
- arm-twisting — persuasion
- army cutworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Chorizagrotis auxiliaris, that is a pest of wheat and alfalfa in the Plains states.
- ass-backward — the wrong way round; back to front; in the opposite order to what is considered normal
- assbackwards — in an order or way reverse from the usual: You've sewn the sleeve on assbackwards.
- at a low ebb — in a state or period of weakness, lack of vigour, or decline
- at the wheel — driving or steering a vehicle or vessel
- at the worst — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- at wholesale — in large quantities
- athwartships — from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel
- atomic power — nuclear power.
- attawapiskat — a river in NE Ontario, Canada, flowing E and N to James Bay. 465 miles (748 km) long.
- auger shower — a shower of electrons, photons, etc. resulting from the collision of primary cosmic rays with atomic nuclei in the atmosphere
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- award-winner — person or thing that wins an award
- awe-stricken — filled with awe.
- aykhona wena — an exclamation expressive of surprise, pain, pleasure, etc
- back to taws — back to the beginning
- backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
- backswordman — a person who uses a backsword.
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