12-letter words containing w, i, n, o, g
- town meeting — a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town.
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- vine-growing — of, relating to, or characterized by the cultivation of grapevines
- wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
- wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
- waistcoating — a fabric for making waistcoats.
- waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wall molding — back molding.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- well logging — the process or technique of recording a well log.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whipping boy — a person who is made to bear the blame for another's mistake; scapegoat.
- whipping top — a spinning top that is set going by striking it with a toy whip so that the lash curls around it before pulling it away quickly
- white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- whomping big — impressively large
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- window glass — glass used in windows
- window ledge — outdoors: bottom edge of a window
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- wing loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- wing-forward — either of the two forwards positioned at the outside of a scrum
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- winning post — a post on a racetrack, marking the goal of a race.
- winnipegosis — Lake, a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba, W of Lake Winnipeg. 2086 sq. mi. (5405 sq. km).
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wood carving — making sculptures from wood
- wood turning — the forming of wood articles upon a lathe.
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.