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12-letter words containing w, i, n, o, e, r

  • oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
  • overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
  • pioneer work — pioneer work does something that has not been done before, for example by developing or using new methods or techniques
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • rolling news — current affairs: continuous
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
  • unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • vine-growing — of, relating to, or characterized by the cultivation of grapevines
  • wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
  • wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
  • warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
  • water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
  • waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
  • watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
  • waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
  • weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
  • weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
  • west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
  • white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
  • white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
  • wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • wind erosion — the erosion, transportation, and deposition of topsoil by the wind, especially in dust storms.
  • window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
  • wine-colored — of the color of wine; dark red.
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