12-letter words containing u, r, a, w
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- warmer-upper — something that provides one with invigorating warmth: Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- water vapour — steam
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well-guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- west prussia — a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- white russia — Belorussia
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- woburn abbey — a mansion in Woburn in Bedfordshire: originally an abbey; rebuilt in the 17th century for the Dukes of Bedford, altered by Henry Holland in the 18th century; deer park landscaped by Humphrey Repton
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- world-famous — famous throughout the world: a world-famous film.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.