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12-letter words containing w, e, n, s

  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweep-second — (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand.
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
  • swimmingness — tearfulness
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
  • twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
  • twenty-seven — a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
  • twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
  • twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
  • unanswerable — not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
  • underdrawers — an undergarment for the lower part of the body, typically covering at least part of the legs. Compare drawer (def 2).
  • unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
  • unwashedness — the quality or state of being unwashed
  • unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
  • unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • verner's law — the statement by K. Verner of a regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European.
  • vienna woods — Wienerwald.
  • viewing lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • wagon master — wagon boss.
  • wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
  • walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
  • warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
  • warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
  • warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
  • washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
  • waste ground — an empty piece of land
  • wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
  • watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
  • watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
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