12-letter words containing w, a, r, g
- 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
- passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- 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.
- sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
- 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.
- song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
- sparrowgrass — asparagus.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- 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.
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- 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.
- sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- 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.
- town manager — an official appointed to direct the administration of a town government.
- 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.
- wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- 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.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- 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.
- 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.