12-letter words containing w, e, t, i
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nonnewtonian — Not Newtonian.
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- picture show — motion picture.
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preinterview — a preparatory meeting held before an interview
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- private view — a preview, esp of an art exhibition, for specially invited guests
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- quick-witted — having a nimble, alert mind.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- 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.
- redwood city — a city in W California.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.