12-letter words containing w, e, n, s
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- heaven knows — You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hornswoggler — Agent noun of hornswoggle: one who hornswoggles.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- in sb's wake — If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intertwisted — Simple past tense and past participle of intertwist.
- interviewees — Plural form of interviewee.
- interviewers — Plural form of interviewer.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- jesse window — a church window having a representation of the tree of Jesse.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawn sleeves — (used with a plural verb) the sleeves of lawn forming part of the dress of an Anglican bishop.
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
- minesweeping — (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- new atlantis — a political allegory by Francis Bacon, published in 1627.
- new business — New business is the number of new policies that are written by an insurance company in a particular period.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.