12-letter words containing w, r, a
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- law of areas — 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)
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- lord haw-haw — James (Augustine Aloysius) 1882–1941, Irish novelist.
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- 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
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- man of straw — straw man.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- 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.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- matter waves — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- 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.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- narrow gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.