12-letter words containing a, w, n, i, g, e
- 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