12-letter words containing w, e, r, l, o
- western blot — a highly sensitive procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific protein in a mixed extract, as in testing for AIDS virus protein in a blood sample: proteins are separated by gel electrophoresis and transferred to a special filter paper, on which the protein under investigation can be detected by a probe, as the binding of a labeled antibody.
- western roll — a technique in high-jumping in which the jumper executes a half-turn of the body to clear the bar
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- 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-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.
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole-hogger — a person who is whole-heartedly committed to something
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wine-colored — of the color of wine; dark red.
- winter melon — a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- 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.
- wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- wool stapler — a dealer in wool.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- wordlessness — speechless, silent, or mute.
- work to rule — If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- worklessness — (British) Unemployment; the state of being without paid work.
- 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 record — international best
- world series — an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.
- 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.
- worldly-wise — wise as to the affairs of this world.
- wormseed oil — chenopodium oil.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yellow alert — (in military or civilian defense) the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Compare blue alert, red alert, white alert.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.
- yellow cress — any of various species of cress (Rorippa) that are related to watercress and have yellow flowers. They are not confined to water margins and some are garden weeds
- 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.
- yellow ocher — a paint pigment, a variety of limonite, consisting of iron oxide and clay
- yellow ochre — an earth pigment which is yellowish orange
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).
- yellow peril — (in historical contexts) the alleged danger that predominantly white Western civilizations and populations could be overwhelmed by Asian peoples.
- yellow river — the second longest river in China, rising in SE Qinghai and flowing east, south, and east again to the Gulf of Bohai south of Tianjin; it has changed its course several times in recorded history. Length: about 4350 km (2700 miles)
- yellow-green — a color containing both yellow and green.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.