12-letter words containing h, e, l, r, w
- whole-hogger — a person who is whole-heartedly committed to something
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.
- yellow ocher — a paint pigment, a variety of limonite, consisting of iron oxide and clay
- yellow ochre — an earth pigment which is yellowish orange
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.