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12-letter words containing we

  • lower-income — earning less than average
  • macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
  • mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
  • medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
  • mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
  • microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
  • middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
  • middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
  • midwest city — a city in central Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City.
  • midwesterner — Middle West.
  • milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
  • mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
  • minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
  • minesweeping — (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
  • motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
  • multitowered — comprising several towers
  • newsweeklies — Plural form of newsweekly.
  • night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
  • nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
  • norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
  • northwestern — Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
  • northwesters — Plural form of northwester.
  • northwestnet — (NWNET) Kochmer, J., and NorthWestNet, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNets Guide to Our World Online", NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992.
  • overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • owen stanley — a mountain range on New Guinea in SE Papua New Guinea. Highest peak, Mt. Victoria, 13,240 feet (4036 meters).
  • packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
  • paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
  • people power — community action
  • pester power — the ability possessed by a child to nag a parent relentlessly until the parent succumbs and agrees to the child's request
  • pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
  • pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
  • police power — the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • power broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power series — an infinite series in which the terms are coefficients times successive powers of a given variable, or times products of powers of two or more variables.
  • power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
  • power shower — a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
  • power supply — power supply unit
  • power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
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