12-letter words containing w, a, t, k
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- wastebaskets — Plural form of wastebasket.
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- water jacket — a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- water worker — a person employed in the water industry
- water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- watteau back — a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.
- waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
- weak-hearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- what a lark! — how amusing!
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work station — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- workstations — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.