12-letter words containing w, a, r, t, e
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water slater — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water spider — a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water sports — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
- water sprite — a sprite or spirit inhabiting the water, as an undine.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- water system — a river and all its branches.
- water target — water shield (def 1).
- water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- water vapour — steam
- 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 worker — a person employed in the water industry
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- waterboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of waterboard.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watered-down — made weaker or less effective from or as from dilution with water: a watered-down cocktail; Spectators saw a watered-down version of the famous opera.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weak-hearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weather tide — a tide moving against the direction of the wind.
- weather vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weather-vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weathercasts — Plural form of weathercast.