12-letter words containing w, r, e, n
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- 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.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- warren, earl — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water cannon — a truck-mounted hose or pipe that shoots a jet of water through a nozzle at extremely high pressure, used especially in dispersing rioters or demonstrators.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- watered-down — made weaker or less effective from or as from dilution with water: a watered-down cocktail; Spectators saw a watered-down version of the famous opera.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- 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.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weather-vane — a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- web designer — a person who plans, designs, creates, and often maintains websites.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- wedding ring — a ring, usually of gold, platinum, or silver, given by one partner to the other during a marriage ceremony.
- weeny-bopper — a child of 8 to 12 years, esp a girl, who is a keen follower of pop music
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well-drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- well-learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- well-rounded — having desirably varied abilities or attainments.
- well-trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- well-trodden — a past participle of tread.
- well-written — a past participle of write.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa