12-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- 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.
- winetastings — Plural form of winetasting.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter wheat — wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- with a … eye — in a … manner
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- within-named — that is named herein.
- 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.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- 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.