12-letter words containing t, w
- binder twine — a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black walnut — a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
- black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
- blow through — to leave; make off
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- boil down to — If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
- boiled sweet — Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
- bottled wine — wine that has been transferred from barrel to bottle
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
- bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
- branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
- breakweather — any makeshift shelter.
- breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
- british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
- broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown butter — beurre noir.
- bullet wound — a wound made by a bullet
- bzzzt, wrong — (jargon) /bzt rong/ (Usenet, Internet) From the flim "Dead Poets Society", spoofing quiz shows such as "Truth or Consequences" where an incorrect answer earns a blast from the buzzer. An expression of mock-rude disagreement, often following a quote from another poster in a forum. The less abbreviated "*Bzzzzt*, wrong, but thank you for playing" is also common.
- cabinet wine — cabinet (def 10).
- cabinet-wine — a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet.
- call waiting — Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone.
- carriwitchet — a conundrum, nonsensical question, or pun
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
- charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
- chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
- cheese straw — a long thin cheese-flavoured strip of pastry
- chew the cud — to reflect or think over something
- chew the fat — If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
- chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
- chip away at — If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts.
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
- come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
- come down to — If a problem, decision, or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.