12-letter words starting with w
- working rail — fly rail (def 2).
- working week — A working week is the amount of time during a normal week that you spend doing your job.
- workingwoman — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workingwomen — a woman who is regularly employed.
- worklessness — (British) Unemployment; the state of being without paid work.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
- workstations — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world leader — sth that is the best internationally
- world record — international best
- world savior — Saoshyant.
- world series — an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.
- world spirit — (often initial capital letters) God.
- world war ii — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbreviation: WWII.
- world's fair — a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- world-famous — famous throughout the world: a world-famous film.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- worldly-wise — wise as to the affairs of this world.
- worlds apart — in different environments
- wormseed oil — chenopodium oil.
- worried sick — extremely anxious about sb or sth
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- worst of all — You say worst of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the most unpleasant or has the most disadvantages out of all the things you are mentioning.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wounded knee — a village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- wringing wet — soaking; drenched
- wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- writing case — a portable folder with compartments for holding writing materials
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.
- writing room — a room in a building where people go to be quiet and write
- written word — You use the written word to refer to language expressed in writing, especially when contrasted with speech or with other forms of expression such as painting or film.
- wrong number — a call made to a number other than the one intended. the number or person reached through such a call.
- wrong-headed — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- wrought iron — a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded.
- wunderkinder — Plural form of wunderkind.
- wusuli jiang — Ussuri.
- władysław ii — original name Jogaila. ?1351–1434, grand duke of Lithuania (1377–1401) and king of Poland (1386–1434). He united Lithuania and Poland and founded the Jagiellon dynasty
- władysław iv — 1595–1648, king of Poland (1632–48)