12-letter words containing w, e, m
- mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
- minesweeping — (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
- minimum wage — lowest hourly earnings permitted by law
- minimum-wage — of or relating to a minimum wage: minimum-wage demands.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newly minted — new, recently created
- newsmagazine — a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- newspaperman — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspapermen — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newton-meter — joule.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- one-man show — a show with only one performer
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- plate warmer — a device for warming plates
- power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.