12-letter words containing w, a, b, l, e
- leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- nonrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- on a bowline — beating close to the wind
- out at elbow — ragged or impoverished
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- reed warbler — a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- unanswerable — not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
- unfollowable — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- water ballet — synchronized movements, patterns, and other visual effects performed in the water by swimmers, usually to a musical accompaniment.
- water beetle — any of various aquatic beetles, as a predaceous diving beetle.
- water bottle — container that holds drinking water
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- well-behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
- wild cabbage — a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.