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12-letter words containing w, e, i

  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • 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.
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
  • prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • preinterview — a preparatory meeting held before an interview
  • primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
  • prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
  • prose writer — a person who writes prose
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • quick-witted — having a nimble, alert mind.
  • quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
  • railway line — railroad route
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
  • 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.
  • redwood city — a city in W California.
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • 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.
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • 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 bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
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