12-letter words containing p, e, s, w
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- the wop-wops — the backblocks; the back of beyond
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water spider — a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water sports — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
- water sprite — a sprite or spirit inhabiting the water, as an undine.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- wedge-shaped — shaped like a wedge
- well-exposed — left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
- well-pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- west memphis — a city in E Arkansas, on the Mississippi.
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- west prussia — a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
- western cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- whipstitches — Plural form of whipstitch.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white sapote — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
- white spirit — White spirit is a colourless liquid that is made from petrol and is used, for example, to make paint thinner or to clean surfaces.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- widow's peak — a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- winnipegosis — Lake, a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba, W of Lake Winnipeg. 2086 sq. mi. (5405 sq. km).
- woodchippers — Plural form of woodchipper.
- woodchoppers — Plural form of woodchopper.
- wooden spoon — A wooden spoon is a spoon that is used for stirring sauces and for mixing ingredients in cooking. It is made of wood and has a long handle.
- wool stapler — a dealer in wool.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- yellow pages — Network Information Service