12-letter words containing w, t, s, d
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- swift-footed — swift in running.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- thitherwards — in that direction
- to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- wait and see — If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- 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 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
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- watts-dunton — (Walter) Theodore (Walter Theodore Watts) 1832–1914, English poet, novelist, and critic.
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- well-studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- widow's mite — a small contribution given cheerfully by one who can ill afford it. Mark 12:41–44.
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- windows nt 4 — (operating system) A version of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, originally code named "Cairo". It was supposed to ship in the first half of 1995. Details are scarce, but it is intended to provide an object-oriented version of Windows.
- windows nt 5 — Windows 2000
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- wine steward — a waiter in a restaurant or club who is in charge of wine; sommelier.
- wisdom teeth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- wisdom tooth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.