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12-letter words containing w, r, s, t

  • water slater — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
  • water spider — a Eurasian spider, Argyroneta aquatica, that spins a web in the form of an air-filled chamber in which it lives submerged in streams and ponds
  • water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
  • water sports — a sport played or practiced on or in water, as swimming, water polo, or surfing.
  • water sprite — a sprite or spirit inhabiting the water, as an undine.
  • water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
  • water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
  • water system — a river and all its branches.
  • water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
  • watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
  • watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
  • watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
  • weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
  • weathercasts — Plural form of weathercast.
  • weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
  • weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
  • weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
  • weavers-knot — sheet bend.
  • welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
  • west african — of or relating to West Africa
  • west chester — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
  • west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
  • west prussia — a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
  • west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • westerliness — Westerly position.
  • western blot — a highly sensitive procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific protein in a mixed extract, as in testing for AIDS virus protein in a blood sample: proteins are separated by gel electrophoresis and transferred to a special filter paper, on which the protein under investigation can be detected by a probe, as the binding of a labeled antibody.
  • western cape — a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 5 822 734 (2011 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)
  • western roll — a technique in high-jumping in which the jumper executes a half-turn of the body to clear the bar
  • western wall — a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage
  • westernizing — Present participle of westernize.
  • westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
  • wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
  • wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
  • what is more — moreover, in addition
  • whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
  • wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
  • wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
  • whereagainst — against which
  • wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
  • whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
  • white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
  • white russia — Belorussia
  • white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
  • white spirit — White spirit is a colourless liquid that is made from petrol and is used, for example, to make paint thinner or to clean surfaces.
  • white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
  • white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
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