13-letter words containing d, r, o, w
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- modern hebrew — the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. Abbreviation: ModHeb.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- ne'er-do-well — an idle, worthless person; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; good-for-nothing.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- 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.
- nonsense word — a word that has no real meaning
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- nowhere-dense — (of a set in a topological space) having a closure that contains no open set with any points in it; nondense.
- of many words — talkative
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- 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.
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- 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.
- railroad worm — the larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, that burrows through apples, forming tunnels that sometimes appear on the skin as faint depressions or darkened trails: a serious pest of apples in colder regions of North America.
- 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.
- ribbon window — a long window made up of a number of individual compartments set together horizontally with little or no division.
- 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