12-letter words containing o, u, t, w, r
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- thoroughwort — boneset.
- through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- 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
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water vapour — steam
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- well-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- wherethrough — through which; because of
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- 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.
- winterbourne — a channel filled only at a time of excessive rainfall.
- withoutdoors — out of doors.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wood turning — the forming of wood articles upon a lathe.
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
- work through — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- work to rule — If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- wrought iron — a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded.
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.