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12-letter words containing t, g, w

  • mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
  • naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
  • new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
  • new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
  • new theology — a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.
  • newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
  • night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
  • paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
  • patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
  • pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
  • pillow fight — a mock fight in which participants thump each other with pillows
  • pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
  • ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • show-through — the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
  • snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
  • speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • spring water — water from natural underground source
  • stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
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