12-letter words containing d, a, w, t, e
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- 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.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- 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 dreams — sleep well
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- thitherwards — in that direction
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- 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.
- wall-mounted — hung on a wall
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water meadow — a meadow kept fertile by flooding.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water spider — a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of waterboard.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- 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.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- waxed cotton — cotton that is treated with wax to make it waterproof
- waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
- weak-hearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weather tide — a tide moving against the direction of the wind.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- well treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- well-adapted — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- well-matched — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- well-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- well-watered — having rivers or streams: an amply watered area.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- white-haired — having hair that is white.