12-letter words containing w, a, r, g, i
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightways — in a direct course
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport