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

  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
  • provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • railway line — railroad route
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
  • renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • renownedness — celebrated; famous.
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • 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.
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • 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
  • sinisterwise — in a leftwards direction
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
  • snow thrower — snow blower.
  • snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
  • snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  • snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
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