12-letter words containing war
- gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
- gang warfare — violent fighting or conflict between street gangs
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- germ warfare — biological warfare.
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- james edward — Stuart, James Francis Edward.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- 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.
- 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
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- meteor swarm — any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- plate warmer — a device for warming plates
- postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
- push forward — keep advancing
- queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- quo warranto — (formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty.
- reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
- satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- thitherwards — in that direction
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
- war memorial — monument to dead soldiers
- war of words — argument