12-letter words containing wn
- banana prawn — a prawn of the genus Penaeus, fished commercially in tropical waters of N Australia
- bear down on — to press down on; exert pressure on
- bearing down — to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.
- boil down to — If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bagger — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown butter — beurre noir.
- brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- brown-nosing — If you accuse someone of brown-nosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- cap and gown — a cap with a flat top ( mortarboard) and a long robe, worn at some academic ceremonies, as commencement, and often used to symbolize the academic life
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
- come down to — If a problem, decision, or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
- company town — a town built by a company for its employees
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- crown colony — a British colony whose administration and legislature is controlled by the Crown
- crown cutter — a hollow, thin-walled cylinder having teeth formed radially on the end and used for cutting round holes out of thin, flat stock.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- crown office — (in England) an office of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court that is responsible for administration and where actions are entered for trial
- crown prince — A Crown Prince is a prince who will be king of his country when the present king or queen dies.
- crown quarto — a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 4to.
- crowned head — a monarch
- dawn redwood — a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- down-and-out — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- evening gown — a special dress, usually a long one, that a woman wears to a formal occasion in the evening
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- fall down on — to fail or be unsuccessful in (a job, etc.)
- go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
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