12-letter words containing w, i, l, e, s
- rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
- sweet violet — a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- 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 whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- 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.
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- webi shebeli — Webi [wey-bi] /ˈweɪ bɪ/ (Show IPA), Webi Shebeli.
- wedded bliss — happiness in marriage
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- well advised — If someone says that you would be well advised to do a particular thing, they are advising you to do it.
- well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
- well-devised — Law. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of.
- well-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.