12-letter words containing w, e, r, f
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
- 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.
- water filter — device for removing impurities from water
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
- 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.
- welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- 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
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- wolf-ferrari — Ermanno [er-mahn-naw] /ɛrˈmɑn nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1948, Italian composer.
- woman friend — a female friend
- woodruff key — a key having the form of a nearly semicircular disk fitting into a recess in a shaft.
- word-perfect — correct in every detail
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yellow fever — an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, especially Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.