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12-letter words containing w, e, l, a, i

  • line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
  • lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
  • 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.
  • long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • mail gateway — (messaging)   A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
  • majolicaware — goods made from majolica
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
  • 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
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
  • mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • new atlantis — a political allegory by Francis Bacon, published in 1627.
  • new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
  • new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
  • on a bowline — beating close to the wind
  • parallelwise — in a parallel manner
  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
  • pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
  • prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
  • railway line — railroad route
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • 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.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
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