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

  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • water willow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Justicia, of the acanthus family, growing in water or wet places, especially J. americana, of North America, having clusters of pale violet to white flowers.
  • watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
  • waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
  • waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
  • waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
  • watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
  • weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
  • weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
  • weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
  • weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
  • well-attired — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
  • well-fitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • well-merited — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
  • well-pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
  • 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-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.
  • wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
  • wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
  • wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
  • whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
  • 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
  • white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
  • white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
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