12-letter words containing w, a, l, t, o
- wall-to-wall — covering the entire floor from one wall to another: wall-to-wall carpeting.
- water bottle — container that holds drinking water
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
- water cooler — a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
- 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 pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water willow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Justicia, of the acanthus family, growing in water or wet places, especially J. americana, of North America, having clusters of pale violet to white flowers.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
- williamsport — a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- wilton manor — a town in S Florida.
- without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- wollastonite — a mineral, calcium silicate, CaSiO 3 , occurring usually in fibrous white masses.
- wool stapler — a dealer in wool.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- 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.
- worlds apart — in different environments
- worst of all — You say worst of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the most unpleasant or has the most disadvantages out of all the things you are mentioning.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellow metal — a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.