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12-letter words containing w, e, r, a, t

  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • plate warmer — a device for warming plates
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • pot-walloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
  • property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
  • ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
  • 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.
  • renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
  • say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
  • software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
  • state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
  • state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
  • streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
  • sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
  • sweet dreams — sleep well
  • sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
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