12-letter words containing w, e, i, r, s
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- picture show — motion picture.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- power series — an infinite series in which the terms are coefficients times successive powers of a given variable, or times products of powers of two or more variables.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sinisterwise — in a leftwards direction
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.