12-letter words containing d, r, o, w
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- underendowed — (of a school, hospital, or other institution) lacking sufficient income from an endowment.
- underpowered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- war of words — argument
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water meadow — a meadow kept fertile by flooding.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of waterboard.
- 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.
- weasel words — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- 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-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- well-groomed — having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
- well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- well-ordered — arranged, planned, or occurring in a desirable way, sequence, etc.
- well-rounded — having desirably varied abilities or attainments.
- well-trodden — a past participle of tread.
- 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-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
- wind erosion — the erosion, transportation, and deposition of topsoil by the wind, especially in dust storms.
- window board — a thin board serving as a stool of a window.
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- wine-colored — of the color of wine; dark red.
- wing-forward — either of the two forwards positioned at the outside of a scrum
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- witch doctor — a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.
- withoutdoors — out of doors.
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- woman doctor — a female doctor
- woman driver — a female driver
- woman friend — a female friend
- wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
- wondermonger — a person who tells of or works wonders
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wonderworker — A person who performs miracles or wonders.