12-letter words containing w, e, l, n, d
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- newly minted — new, recently created
- 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
- nonlandowner — a person who does not own any land; a tenant
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- 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.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- town dweller — a person who resides in a town
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- underwhelmed — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- waggle dance — a series of patterned movements performed by a scouting bee, communicating to other bees of the colony the direction and distance of a food source or hive site.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- wall-mounted — hung on a wall
- walled plain — a circular or almost circular area on the moon, sometimes with a floor that is depressed, usually partially enclosed by walls that rise to varying heights and that are usually lower than those of a crater.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-blended — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- well-defined — sharply or clearly stated, outlined, described, etc.: a well-defined character; a well-defined boundary.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-endowed — to provide with a permanent fund or source of income: to endow a college.
- well-founded — having a foundation in fact; based on good reasons, information, etc.: well-founded suspicions.
- well-handled — managed, directed, or completed with efficiency: a well-handled political campaign.
- well-learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- well-managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-mounted — seated or riding on a horse or other animal.
- well-planned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- well-rounded — having desirably varied abilities or attainments.