12-letter words containing w, e, i, l
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- 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.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- green-wellie — characterizing or belonging to the upper-class set devoted to hunting, shooting, and fishing
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hit the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- in line with — conforming to
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
- killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- light-weight — light displacement.
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- little women — a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.
- little-known — not widely known; not famed
- 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.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.