13-letter words containing a, c, r, w, l
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
- ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- wassily chair — a chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925, having a chromium-plated tubular steel frame over which strips of canvas or leather of varying widths are stretched to form the seat, back, and arms.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- water lettuce — a floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratiotes, of the arum family, having a rosette of thick, spongy leaves.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
- welfare check — a social security payment
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- whale catcher — a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.