12-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- wildernesses — Plural form of wilderness.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- window glass — glass used in windows
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.
- world savior — Saoshyant.
- world series — an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.
- world spirit — (often initial capital letters) God.
- world's fair — a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.
- worldly-wise — wise as to the affairs of this world.
- wormseed oil — chenopodium oil.
- yellow daisy — the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.
- yield stress — the stress level at which a metal or other material ceases to behave elastically. The stress divided by the strain is no longer constant. The point at which this occurs is known as the yield point
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.