13-letter words containing a, n, t, w
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
- new to a game — If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- out one's way — in, to, or near one's neighborhood
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- power station — a generating station.
- quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
- rabbit warren — warren.
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- royal warrant — an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household
- run away 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.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.