12-letter words containing w, e, n, o
- counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- counterpower — an opposing power
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown cutter — a hollow, thin-walled cylinder having teeth formed radially on the end and used for cutting round holes out of thin, flat stock.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
- crown office — (in England) an office of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court that is responsible for administration and where actions are entered for trial
- crown prince — A Crown Prince is a prince who will be king of his country when the present king or queen dies.
- crowned head — a monarch
- dawn redwood — a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devon minnow — a spinning lure intended to imitate the swimming motion of a minnow
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- evening gown — a special dress, usually a long one, that a woman wears to a formal occasion in the evening
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- fennelflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nigella, of the buttercup family, especially N. sativa, the seeds of which are used, especially in the East, as a condiment and medicine.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.