12-letter words containing w, v
- appletviewer — (web, testing) A simplified web browser used for testing applets. You can't browse HTML with it but you can run applets to test them before embedding them in a web page.
- avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
- basket weave — a weave of fabrics resembling the weave used in basket making
- basketweaver — a person who advocates simple, natural, and unsophisticated living
- carrier wave — a wave of fixed amplitude and frequency that is modulated in amplitude, frequency, or phase in order to carry a signal in radio transmission, etc
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- devon minnow — a spinning lure intended to imitate the swimming motion of a minnow
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- evening gown — a special dress, usually a long one, that a woman wears to a formal occasion in the evening
- evening wear — smart clothing designed for wearing at formal occasions during the evening
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- heaven knows — You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- interviewees — Plural form of interviewee.
- interviewers — Plural form of interviewer.
- interviewing — Present participle of interview.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- java sparrow — a small grey-and-pink finchlike Indonesian weaverbird, Padda oryzivora: a popular cage bird
- lawn sleeves — (used with a plural verb) the sleeves of lawn forming part of the dress of an Anglican bishop.
- 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.
- mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- new covenant — (sometimes initial capital letters) (in Christian exegesis) the promises of salvation made by God to humans individually, based on divine grace rather than Mosaic Law.
- news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overflow pdl — (jargon) The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
- 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.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- owl's clover — any of several western American plants belonging to the genus Orthocarpus, of the figwort family, having dense spikes of flowers in a variety of colors with conspicuous bracts.
- owl's-clover — any of a genus (Orthocarpus) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species (O. purpurascens) with red or purple upper leaves
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