12-letter words containing w, o, m
- 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.
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- hand-me-down — an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
- harmonic law — 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)
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- in two minds — If you are in two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action. The expression of two minds is also used, especially in American English.
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- joy, william — William Joy
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- law of moses — the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
- little women — a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.
- lower merion — a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- lower-income — earning less than average
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- 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
- make whoopee — make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
- man of straw — straw man.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- marsh mallow — an Old World mallow, Althaea officinalis, having pink flowers, found in marshy places.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- marshmallows — Plural form of marshmallow.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- meteor swarm — any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- militiawoman — A female member of a militia.
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.