12-letter words containing w, e, s, t, r, n
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- 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.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- 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.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- westerliness — Westerly position.
- 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 cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
- western roll — a technique in high-jumping in which the jumper executes a half-turn of the body to clear the bar
- western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
- westernizing — Present participle of westernize.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whereagainst — against which
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter
- winter cress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
- wintergreens — Plural form of wintergreen.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.