12-letter words containing w, a, l, k, o
- acknowledged — recognized as being true or existing
- acknowledger — to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.
- acknowledges — to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.
- bank swallow — a swallow, Riparia riparia, of the Northern Hemisphere, that nests in tunnels dug in sand or clay banks.
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- brooks's law — (programming) "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" - a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of "The Mythical Man-Month". The myth in question has been most tersely expressed as "Programmer time is fungible" and Brooks established conclusively that it is not. Hackers have never forgotten his advice; too often, management still does. See also creationism, second-system effect, optimism.
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- crack willow — a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
- sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- to walk tall — If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
- walk of life — The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
- widow's walk — a platform or walk atop a roof, as on certain coastal New England houses of the 18th and early 19th centuries: often used as a lookout for incoming ships.
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- working rail — fly rail (def 2).
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
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