12-letter words containing t, e, n, w, i
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whittle down — To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
- wideband atm — (networking) An enhanced form of ATM networking that transfers digital data over local area networks, originally at 0.96 Gbps, now (Aug 1996) at 1.0 Gbps.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- will contest — legal proceedings to contest the authenticity or validity of a will.
- 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
- wind turbine — a turbine powered by the wind.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- wine tasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- winetastings — Plural form of winetasting.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- winter cress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- winter melon — a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.
- winter wheat — wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- winterbourne — a channel filled only at a time of excessive rainfall.
- wintergreens — Plural form of wintergreen.
- winterkilled — Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill.
- winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
- wire netting — netting made of interwoven wire, coarser than wire gauze.
- wisconsinite — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- withholdment — the act of withholding
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- within-named — that is named herein.
- wittgenstein — Ludwig (Josef Johann) [loot-vikh yoh-zef yoh-hahn,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx ˈyoʊ zɛf ˈyoʊ hɑn,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1889–1951, Austrian philosopher.
- wollastonite — a mineral, calcium silicate, CaSiO 3 , occurring usually in fibrous white masses.
- wringing wet — soaking; drenched
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.
- written word — You use the written word to refer to language expressed in writing, especially when contrasted with speech or with other forms of expression such as painting or film.
- zwitterionic — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.