12-letter words containing a, e, g, n, i
- waiting game — a stratagem in which action on a matter is reserved for or postponed to a later time, allowing one to wait for a more advantageous time to act or to see what develops in the meantime.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weaving mill — a mill where cloth is woven
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- wedding band — A wedding band is the same as a wedding ring.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- well-meaning — meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- whereagainst — against which
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- wide-ranging — extending over a large area; extensive or diversified in scope: wide-ranging lands; a wide-ranging discussion.
- wine tasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- wine vinegar — condiment made of fermented wine
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- winetastings — Plural form of winetasting.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- yagi antenna — a sharply directional antenna array, consisting of one or two dipoles connected to the transmitting or receiving circuit, and several insulated dipoles all parallel and about equally spaced in a line.
- zero grazing — a type of dairy farming in which the cattle are fed with cut grass