12-letter words containing t, r, e, w
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- twenty-three — a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- twitterverse — the social networking site Twitter and its users
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
- underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
- underwritten — past participle of underwrite.
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- 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
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- utility wear — casual clothing that was originally intended for a particular activity, such as snowboarding or skiing
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- waistcoateer — a prostitute
- walk-up rate — The walk-up rate at a hotel is the price charged to a customer who arrives without a reservation.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- walter mitty — an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
- walter pater — Walter Horatio, 1839–94, English critic, essayist, and novelist.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
- wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
- wastage rate — the drop-out rate from a company, college, or other organization, especially before they have completed their education or training
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water ballet — synchronized movements, patterns, and other visual effects performed in the water by swimmers, usually to a musical accompaniment.
- water bearer — Aquarius.
- water beetle — any of various aquatic beetles, as a predaceous diving beetle.
- water bomber — an aircraft with special tanks for holding water that can be dropped on forest fires
- water bottle — container that holds drinking water
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water cannon — a truck-mounted hose or pipe that shoots a jet of water through a nozzle at extremely high pressure, used especially in dispersing rioters or demonstrators.
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- water cooler — a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.