12-letter words containing a, n, t, w, r
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- warrant card — a police officer's proof of identity
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water cannon — a truck-mounted hose or pipe that shoots a jet of water through a nozzle at extremely high pressure, used especially in dispersing rioters or demonstrators.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- watered-down — made weaker or less effective from or as from dilution with water: a watered-down cocktail; Spectators saw a watered-down version of the famous opera.
- 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.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weather-vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- western cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
- western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whereagainst — against which
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- wilton manor — a town in S Florida.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.