13-letter words containing a, r, t, w, o
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- garrison town — a town containing a military base
- giant redwood — big tree.
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- know by heart — have memorized
- lavatory bowl — the part inside a lavatory containing water and fitted with a water-flushing device and connected to a drain
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- 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.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- 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.
- 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.
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- 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.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- power station — a generating station.