12-letter words containing k, e, w, a
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- wastebaskets — Plural form of wastebasket.
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- water jacket — a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- water worker — a person employed in the water industry
- water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- watteau back — a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.
- waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
- weak-hearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- widow's peak — a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.