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.