12-letter words containing t, w
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- french twist — French roll.
- friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- frost hollow — a depression in a hilly area in which cold air collects, becoming very cold at night
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- gateway 2000 — (company) One of the lagest US manufacturers of IBM compatibles, founded by CEO Ted Waitt in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1990 the company moved to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In August 1994, quarterly profits were $4 million on sales of $617 million. Sales for the first quarter of 1997 were $1.42 billion. On 1997-05-15 Gateway bought the Amiga brand.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- get off with — kiss
- ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
- ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
- go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- hit the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- hotel worker — a person who works in the hotel industry
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.