12-letter words containing w, e, g, n
- gang warfare — violent fighting or conflict between street gangs
- general will — (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- green-wellie — characterizing or belonging to the upper-class set devoted to hunting, shooting, and fishing
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundworker — One who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hornswoggler — Agent noun of hornswoggle: one who hornswoggles.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intertwining — Twist or twine together.
- interviewing — Present participle of interview.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- interwinding — Present participle of interwind.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- long weekend — a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.