12-letter words containing w, i, n, g
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- evening gown — a special dress, usually a long one, that a woman wears to a formal occasion in the evening
- evening wear — smart clothing designed for wearing at formal occasions during the evening
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- fencing wire — a heavy-gauge galvanized wire used for farm fences
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
- general will — (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- get in wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- green-wellie — characterizing or belonging to the upper-class set devoted to hunting, shooting, and fishing
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hanging pawn — one of two or more adjacent pawns on central half-open files with no pawns of the same colour on the files immediately to left and right of them
- hanging wall — Mining. the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare footwall (def 1).
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hill walking — the activity of walking through hilly country for pleasure
- hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.