12-letter words containing w, i, l, d, e
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- newly minted — new, recently created
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
- side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- walled plain — a circular or almost circular area on the moon, sometimes with a floor that is depressed, usually partially enclosed by walls that rise to varying heights and that are usually lower than those of a crater.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- wedded bliss — happiness in marriage
- well advised — If someone says that you would be well advised to do a particular thing, they are advising you to do it.
- well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
- well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- well-defined — sharply or clearly stated, outlined, described, etc.: a well-defined character; a well-defined boundary.
- well-devised — Law. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-merited — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- well-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- well-studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- well-weighed — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
- whittle down — To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.