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12-letter words containing w, e, d

  • 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-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
  • 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.
  • horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
  • hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
  • horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
  • 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 the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
  • intertwisted — Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist.
  • interwinding — Present participle of interwind.
  • james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
  • jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
  • joe-pye weed — Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
  • kiddiewinkie — a child
  • klamath weed — the St.-John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum.
  • knocked down — hit and felled: by a vehicle, etc.
  • knocked-down — composed of parts or units that can be disassembled: knocked-down furniture.
  • knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
  • lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
  • 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
  • limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
  • line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
  • lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
  • long weekend — a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
  • 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.
  • longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
  • low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
  • lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
  • lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
  • 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
  • medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
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