12-letter words containing w, d, a
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- hawk's beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- hawk's-beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- klamath weed — the St.-John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- 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.
- 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.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- lord haw-haw — James (Augustine Aloysius) 1882–1941, Irish novelist.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- 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.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads