12-letter words containing n, i, t, w
- underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
- underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
- underwritten — past participle of underwrite.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- viewing time — the amount of time spent watching television, esp with regard to a particular region
- vintage wine — a wine, usually of superior quality, made from selected grapes of a certain type, region, and year, then dated and usually stored for aging.
- wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
- wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
- waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
- wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
- waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
- waiting game — a stratagem in which action on a matter is reserved for or postponed to a later time, allowing one to wait for a more advantageous time to act or to see what develops in the meantime.
- waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- 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 tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weft-knitted — noting or pertaining to a fabric made by weft knitting.
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- well-fitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- well-written — a past participle of write.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- westerliness — Westerly position.
- westernizing — Present participle of westernize.