12-letter words containing w, i, l, e, s
- well-studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- westerliness — Westerly position.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white squall — a whirlwind at sea or a violent disturbance of small radius not accompanied by clouds but indicated merely by whitecaps and turbulent water.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- wildernesses — Plural form of wilderness.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- will contest — legal proceedings to contest the authenticity or validity of a will.
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter
- wishing well — a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.
- wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
- wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
- wollastonite — a mineral, calcium silicate, CaSiO 3 , occurring usually in fibrous white masses.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- 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.
- worldly-wise — wise as to the affairs of this world.
- wormseed oil — chenopodium oil.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- yellow daisy — the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.