12-letter words containing w, e, l, a, d
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- weasel words — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well advised — If someone says that you would be well advised to do a particular thing, they are advising you to do it.
- well managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- well-adapted — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
- well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- well-behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- well-coached — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- well-guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- well-handled — managed, directed, or completed with efficiency: a well-handled political campaign.
- well-learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- well-managed — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- well-matched — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- well-planned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- well-pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- well-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- well-watered — having rivers or streams: an amply watered area.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild cabbage — a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world leader — sth that is the best internationally
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- yellow daisy — the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.