12-letter words containing w, e, l, r, a, i
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
- trial lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- utility wear — casual clothing that was originally intended for a particular activity, such as snowboarding or skiing
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- walter mitty — an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
- war memorial — monument to dead soldiers
- water filter — device for removing impurities from water
- 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 willow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Justicia, of the acanthus family, growing in water or wet places, especially J. americana, of North America, having clusters of pale violet to white flowers.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- 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.
- well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- 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-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- 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.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.