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12-letter words containing a, n, t, w

  • snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
  • stanisław ii — surnamed Poniatowski. 1732–98, the last king of Poland (1764–95), during whose reign Poland was repeatedly invaded and partitioned (1772, 1791, 1795) by its neighbours: abdicated
  • star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
  • stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the new wave — a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques
  • throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
  • towaway zone — See example at towaway.
  • town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
  • 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
  • unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
  • vintage wine — a wine, usually of superior quality, made from selected grapes of a certain type, region, and year, then dated and usually stored for aging.
  • wagon master — wagon boss.
  • wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
  • wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
  • waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
  • wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
  • waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
  • 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.
  • waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
  • 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 boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
  • walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
  • walkingstick — a stick used for walking
  • wall-mounted — hung on a wall
  • walnut creek — a town in W California.
  • waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
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