12-letter words containing s, t, a, l, w
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
- waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
- wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
- wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- 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 pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water slater — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.