13-letter words containing d, o, w, e
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- pop-down menu — pull-down menu
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- powder method — a method of x-ray determination of crystal structure using a powdered sample.
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- powdered milk — dry milk.
- power forward — a forward valued chiefly for aggressive rebounding capability, rather than scoring, and thus a big, physically strong player.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
- reserved word — a word in a programming language or computer system that has a fixed meaning and therefore cannot be redefined by a programmer
- reworked wool — used wool which is reprocessed for additional use.
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- send away for — order by post
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- 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.
- slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
- spider flower — cleome
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
- 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.
- sweet-toothed — having a strong liking for sweet foods
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
- the last word — final retort
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.