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13-letter words containing a, w, r, d, i, n

  • 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
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
  • warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
  • water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
  • 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.
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
  • western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
  • wild spaniard — any of various subalpine perennials of the genus Aciphylla of New Zealand, with sharp leaves
  • winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
  • windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
  • winter garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
  • word painting — an effective verbal description.
  • word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
  • wordsworthianWilliam, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • wrapped up in — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
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