13-letter words containing a, n, t, w
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steve wozniak — (person) Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
- stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- taiwan strait — strait between Taiwan & Fujian province, China, joining the East & South China seas: c. 100 mi (161 km) wide
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- town planning — city planning.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
- trawler owner — someone who owns a vessel used for trawling or fishing with a trawl net or trawl line
- turangawaewae — the area that is a person's home
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.