12-letter words containing w, e, r
- come forward — If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- content word — a word to which an independent meaning can be given by reference to a world outside any sentence in which the word may occur
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- corn earworm — the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- 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.
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crawler lane — a lane on an uphill section of a motorway reserved for slow vehicles
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- crime writer — a writer who writes detective fiction
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
- 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
- crumble away — disintegrate
- csk software — (company) An international software company formed by the merger of Quay Financial Software and Micrognosis, and fully owned by CSK Corporation, Japan. CSK Software is based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with offices in London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid (Spain), and Singapore. Products segments are RDD: Real-time data delivery, main product is Slingshot for delivering real-time data over the Internet (real push technology). ETS: Electronic Trading Systems, price calculation and automatic trading (with connections to XONTRO and XETRA). EAI: Enterprise Application Integration, main product is XGen, a universal message converter with GUI and connections also to SWIFT. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: CSK Software AG, Opernplatz 2, D-60313 Frankfurt, Germany. Tel: +49 (69) 509 520. Fax: +49 (69) 5095 2333.
- cuckooflower — a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
- curliewurlie — an extremely curled or twisted object or ornament
- curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- 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)
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- derwentwater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Area: about 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- dessert wine — A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.