12-letter words containing e, d, g, w
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
- sewn binding — a style of binding where the backs of the gathered sections are sewn together before being inserted into a cover
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- twin-engined — (of an aircraft) having two engines
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
- underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- waggle dance — a series of patterned movements performed by a scouting bee, communicating to other bees of the colony the direction and distance of a food source or hive site.
- wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- web designer — a person who plans, designs, creates, and often maintains websites.
- wedding band — A wedding band is the same as a wedding ring.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding ring — a ring, usually of gold, platinum, or silver, given by one partner to the other during a marriage ceremony.
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- wedge-heeled — having a wedge heel
- wedge-shaped — shaped like a wedge
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- well managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-groomed — having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
- well-guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- well-managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-weighed — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.
- 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.