12-letter words containing t, w, e, c, i
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
- two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- waistcoateer — a prostitute
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- 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.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- whipstitches — Plural form of whipstitch.
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white coffee — coffee: with milk
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- 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.
- wicketkeeper — the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls that pass it.
- wild lettuce — any of various uncultivated species of lettuce, growing as weeds in fields and waste places, especially a North American species, Lactuca canadensis.
- will contest — legal proceedings to contest the authenticity or validity of a will.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- winter cress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- wire cutters — tool: pliers
- wisconsinite — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
- witch hobble — the hobblebush.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
- wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- zwitterionic — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.