13-letter words containing c, r, a, n, w
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- 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
- 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.
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- water curtain — a sheet of water from a series of sprinklers for protecting the walls and roof of a building from fires outside the building.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- waygoing crop — away-going crop.
- wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western ocean — the North Atlantic Ocean.
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- 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.
- wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
- woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.