12-letter words containing t, h, r, o, w
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unoverthrown — not overthrown
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- well-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- wherethrough — through which; because of
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- 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.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- witch doctor — a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.
- 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.
- withersoever — To wherever, to anywhere.
- withoutdoors — out of doors.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
- work through — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrought iron — a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.