12-letter words containing i, t, w
- 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.
- white-haired — having hair that is white.
- white-headed — white-haired (def 1).
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
- whittle down — To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- wicketkeeper — the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls that pass it.
- wide-mouthed — having a wide mouth
- wideband atm — (networking) An enhanced form of ATM networking that transfers digital data over local area networks, originally at 0.96 Gbps, now (Aug 1996) at 1.0 Gbps.
- widow's mite — a small contribution given cheerfully by one who can ill afford it. Mark 12:41–44.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
- wild lettuce — any of various uncultivated species of lettuce, growing as weeds in fields and waste places, especially a North American species, Lactuca canadensis.
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
- will contest — legal proceedings to contest the authenticity or validity of a will.
- william tell — a legendary Swiss patriot forced by the Austrian governor to shoot an apple off his son's head with bow and arrow.
- williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
- willmar city — a city in SW Minnesota.
- willow south — a city in S Alaska, about 113 km (70 miles) northwest of Anchorage: chosen as the site of the projected new state capital in 1976
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- wilton manor — a town in S Florida.
- wind turbine — a turbine powered by the wind.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windfall tax — a tax levied on an organization considered to have made excessive profits, esp a privatized utility company that has exploited a monopoly
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- windows nt 4 — (operating system) A version of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, originally code named "Cairo". It was supposed to ship in the first half of 1995. Details are scarce, but it is intended to provide an object-oriented version of Windows.
- windows nt 5 — Windows 2000
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- wine tasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- winetastings — Plural form of winetasting.
- winning post — a post on a racetrack, marking the goal of a race.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- winter cress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- winter melon — a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.
- winter wheat — wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.