12-letter words containing w, a, n, s
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- watts-dunton — (Walter) Theodore (Walter Theodore Watts) 1832–1914, English poet, novelist, and critic.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- western cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
- western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
- 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 ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- whereagainst — against which
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- wild parsnip — a strong-smelling umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, that has an inedible root: the ancestor of the cultivated parsnip
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- window glass — glass used in windows
- window shade — a shade or blind for a window, as a sheet of cloth or paper on a spring roller.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- wine tasting — a gathering of critics, buyers, friends, etc., to taste a group of wines for comparative purposes.
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- winetastings — Plural form of winetasting.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- wollastonite — a mineral, calcium silicate, CaSiO 3 , occurring usually in fibrous white masses.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- womanishness — The state or condition of being womanish.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- women's wear — apparel and accessories for women.