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12-letter words containing wi

  • oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
  • parallelwise — in a parallel manner
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
  • provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
  • pussy willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
  • pussy-willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
  • quick-witted — having a nimble, alert mind.
  • radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
  • ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • 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.
  • round window — a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
  • 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.
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
  • sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
  • scram switch — (jargon)   (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
  • sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • siamese twin — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • sinisterwise — in a leftwards direction
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
  • spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • swift-footed — swift in running.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
  • swimmingness — tearfulness
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
  • swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
  • swiss muslin — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • take to wife — to marry (a woman)
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