13-letter words containing a, t, w, o
- the last word — final retort
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a party — host a celebration
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- to the marrow — deeply
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- 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
- trawler owner — someone who owns a vessel used for trawling or fishing with a trawl net or trawl line
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- two-part time — duple time.
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- water boatman — any of numerous aquatic insects of the family Corixidae, having paddlelike hind legs.
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- 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 lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water opossum — yapok.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water torture — dripping water onto victim's forehead
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.