12-letter words containing n, e, t, h, r, w
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unoverthrown — not overthrown
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weather-vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whereagainst — against which
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
- white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
- white hunter — a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
- 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.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- 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.
- winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.