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

  • new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
  • new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
  • new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
  • new zealander — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
  • newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
  • no-score draw — A no-score draw is the result of a football match in which neither team scores any goals.
  • non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
  • northeastward — the northeast.
  • northwestward — the northwest.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
  • 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.
  • queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
  • 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
  • relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
  • saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • 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
  • send away for — order by post
  • 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.
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
  • urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
  • van der merwe — a stereotypical figure humorously representing Boer stupidity and prejudice
  • van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • 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.
  • war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
  • warranty deed — a deed containing a covenant of warranty.
  • wash-and-wear — noting or pertaining to a garment that can be washed, that dries quickly, and that requires little or no ironing; drip-dry.
  • 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
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • wear and tear — damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation.
  • weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
  • wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
  • well arranged — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
  • 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.
  • well-answered — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
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