12-letter words containing t, w, y
- travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
- trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
- 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-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-ninth — next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.
- twenty-seven — a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- twenty-three — a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- 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.
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- utility wear — casual clothing that was originally intended for a particular activity, such as snowboarding or skiing
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- vowel system — the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
- waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
- 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.
- watchability — detectable; apparent.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- water system — a river and all its branches.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- willmar city — a city in SW Minnesota.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- with a … eye — in a … manner
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellow light — a yellow traffic light, usually preceding a signal halting traffic in a particular direction.
- yellow metal — a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.