12-letter words containing g, o, l, i, w
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wall molding — back molding.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- well logging — the process or technique of recording a well log.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- window glass — glass used in windows
- window ledge — outdoors: bottom edge of a window
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- wing loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.
- working girl — Older Use: Often Offensive. a woman who works.
- working rail — fly rail (def 2).
- yellow light — a yellow traffic light, usually preceding a signal halting traffic in a particular direction.