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12-letter words containing s, w, i, t, h

  • white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • 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.
  • white squall — a whirlwind at sea or a violent disturbance of small radius not accompanied by clouds but indicated merely by whitecaps and turbulent water.
  • white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
  • whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
  • whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
  • whitherwards — toward what or which place
  • whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
  • whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
  • wigglesworthMichael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
  • wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • willow south — a city in S Alaska, about 113 km (70 miles) northwest of Anchorage: chosen as the site of the projected new state capital in 1976
  • wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
  • windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
  • wisdom teeth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
  • wisdom tooth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
  • witch's mark — devil's mark.
  • with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
  • with-profits — A with-profits savings scheme or financial plan is one in which the people who put money into the scheme receive extra money each year based on how successful the investment has been.
  • witheredness — The state of being withered.
  • withersoever — To wherever, to anywhere.
  • withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
  • withoutdoors — out of doors.
  • withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
  • wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
  • wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
  • wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.
  • wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
  • wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
  • wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
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