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12-letter words containing t, e, n, w, i

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
  • 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.
  • westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.
  • whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
  • whereagainst — against which
  • white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
  • white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
  • white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
  • white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
  • white hunter — a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
  • white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
  • white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
  • white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
  • white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
  • white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
  • white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
  • white walnut — butternut (def 1).
  • 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.
  • whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
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