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12-letter words containing w, i, l, e

  • well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
  • well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
  • well-defined — sharply or clearly stated, outlined, described, etc.: a well-defined character; a well-defined boundary.
  • 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-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • well-fitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • well-meaning — meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
  • well-merited — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
  • well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
  • well-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
  • well-studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
  • well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
  • well-weighed — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
  • well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
  • well-written — a past participle of write.
  • wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
  • welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
  • welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
  • 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.
  • wet puddling — puddling on a hearth rich in iron oxide so that carbon monoxide is generated, giving the iron the appearance of boiling.
  • wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
  • wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
  • wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
  • wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
  • whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.
  • wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
  • wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
  • whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
  • whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
  • whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
  • 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 alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
  • white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
  • white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
  • white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
  • white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
  • white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
  • white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
  • 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 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 walnut — butternut (def 1).
  • white willow — a willow tree, Salix alba, of Europe and Asia having leaves with pale undersides
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