12-letter words containing w, e, a, r, i, s
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- waistcoateer — a prostitute
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- 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 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 sprite — a sprite or spirit inhabiting the water, as an undine.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west prussia — a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whereagainst — against which
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- white russia — Belorussia
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials