12-letter words containing t, i, g, r
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vintage year — the year of production of a vintage wine.
- virgin birth — Theology. the doctrine or dogma that, by the miraculous agency of God, the birth of Christ did not impair or prejudice the virginity of Mary. Compare Immaculate Conception.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- voting paper — a ballot.
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- 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.
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- weathertight — secure against wind, rain, etc.
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
- welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
- westernizing — Present participle of westernize.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whereagainst — against which
- 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-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.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- wintergreens — Plural form of wintergreen.
- winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
- wire netting — netting made of interwoven wire, coarser than wire gauze.
- wood turning — the forming of wood articles upon a lathe.
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
- 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.
- writing room — a room in a building where people go to be quiet and write
- 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.
- zero gravity — the condition in which the apparent effect of gravity is zero, as in the case of a body in free fall or in orbit.
- zero tillage — no-tillage.