12-letter words containing w, i, n, t
- little women — a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott.
- little-known — not widely known; not famed
- 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.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- mass wasting — downhill movement of soil and rock fragments induced by gravity.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- militiawoman — A female member of a militia.
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- new atlantis — a political allegory by Francis Bacon, published in 1627.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- new frontier — the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.
- new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
- newly minted — new, recently created
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nonnewtonian — Not Newtonian.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- 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.
- preinterview — a preparatory meeting held before an interview
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- 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.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- satin walnut — the brown heartwood of the sweet gum tree, used for furniture, fittings, and panelling
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.