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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • sportswriter — a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.
  • story writer — author of prose fiction
  • 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
  • throw weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
  • throw-weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
  • toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • variety show — vaudeville performance
  • waistcoateer — a prostitute
  • water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
  • water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
  • water willow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Justicia, of the acanthus family, growing in water or wet places, especially J. americana, of North America, having clusters of pale violet to white flowers.
  • 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.
  • west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
  • what is more — moreover, in addition
  • white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
  • white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
  • white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
  • white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
  • white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
  • 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.
  • whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
  • whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
  • wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
  • wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • winter melon — a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.
  • winterbourne — a channel filled only at a time of excessive rainfall.
  • withersoever — To wherever, to anywhere.
  • word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
  • wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
  • workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
  • writeacourse — (language)   A CAI language for IBM 360.
  • written word — You use the written word to refer to language expressed in writing, especially when contrasted with speech or with other forms of expression such as painting or film.
  • zwitterionic — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.
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