12-letter words containing w, i, n, o, g
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- 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.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- know-nothing — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- nigger brown — a dark brown colour
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- nonyellowing — that does not become yellow, esp with age
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
- 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 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.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
- 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.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
- snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.