12-letter words containing w, e, i, g
- 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.
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- weathertight — secure against wind, rain, etc.
- weaving mill — a mill where cloth is woven
- web designer — a person who plans, designs, creates, and often maintains websites.
- 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.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- wedding band — A wedding band is the same as a wedding ring.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding ring — a ring, usually of gold, platinum, or silver, given by one partner to the other during a marriage ceremony.
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.
- weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
- well logging — the process or technique of recording a well log.
- well-fitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- well-meaning — meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
- well-weighed — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- westernizing — Present participle of westernize.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.
- whereagainst — against which
- whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
- white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
- white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
- white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
- white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.