12-letter words containing w, e, r, o, a
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- elbow grease — physical effort
- fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- feed-forward — A multi-layer perceptron network in which the outputs from all neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts) go to following but not preceding layers, so there are no feedback loops.
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- fort stewart — a military reservation in SE Georgia, SW of Savannah.
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- forward rate — the agreed price for something that is to be bought or sold at a later date
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- 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.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica