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

  • law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
  • leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
  • lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
  • lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
  • macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
  • netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
  • network, the — 1.   (jargon, networking)   (Or "the net") The union of all the major noncommercial, academic and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet, the old ARPANET, NSFnet, BITNET, and the virtual UUCP and Usenet "networks", plus the corporate in-house networks and commercial time-sharing services (such as CompuServe) that gateway to them. A site was generally considered "on the network" if it could be reached by electronic mail through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) and UUCP (bang-path) addresses. Since the explosion of the Internet in the mid 1990s, the term is now synonymous with the Internet. See network address. 2.   (body)   A fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Schrödinger's Cat", to which many hackers have subsequently decided they belong (this is an example of ha ha only serious).
  • new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
  • news theatre — a cinema that specialized in showing news films
  • newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • northwestern — Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
  • northwesters — Plural form of northwester.
  • northwestnet — (NWNET) Kochmer, J., and NorthWestNet, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNets Guide to Our World Online", NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992.
  • noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
  • orthodox jew — a Jew who adheres faithfully to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism as evidenced chiefly by a devotion to and study of the Torah, daily synagogue attendance if possible, and strict observance of the Sabbath, religious festivals, holy days, and the dietary laws.
  • otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
  • paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • 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.
  • powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • 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.
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • 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.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
  • snow thrower — snow blower.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
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