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12-letter words containing t, w, a

  • wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
  • whereagainst — against which
  • wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
  • wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
  • whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
  • white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
  • white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
  • white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
  • white matter — nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, which primarily contains myelinated fibers and is nearly white in color. Compare gray matter (def 1).
  • white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
  • 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 potato — potato (def 1).
  • white rabbit — a person who is in a hurry and complaining of being late, like the White Rabbit character in the children's story 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll
  • white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
  • white russia — Belorussia
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
  • white sapote — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
  • white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • white squall — a whirlwind at sea or a violent disturbance of small radius not accompanied by clouds but indicated merely by whitecaps and turbulent water.
  • white walnut — butternut (def 1).
  • 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-haired — having hair that is white.
  • white-headed — white-haired (def 1).
  • white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
  • whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
  • whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
  • whitherwards — toward what or which place
  • whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
  • whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
  • wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • 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.
  • wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
  • wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
  • wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
  • wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
  • william tell — a legendary Swiss patriot forced by the Austrian governor to shoot an apple off his son's head with bow and arrow.
  • williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
  • williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
  • willmar city — a city in SW Minnesota.
  • wilton manor — a town in S Florida.
  • windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
  • windfall tax — a tax levied on an organization considered to have made excessive profits, esp a privatized utility company that has exploited a monopoly
  • 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 break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
  • winter haven — a city in central Florida.
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