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13-letter words containing e, r, o, d, i

  • well-orientedthe Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
  • werecrocodile — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • window winder — a device on the inside of a car door which is turned to raise or lower the window above it
  • windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
  • wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
  • wire recorder — a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel wire by magnetizing the wire as it passed an electromagnet.
  • without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
  • words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
  • working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
  • world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
  • yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
  • yttrium oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
  • zero altitude — the height at which the atmospheric pressure is 610.5Pa
  • zinc chloride — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous solid, ZnCl 2 , used chiefly as a wood preservative, as a disinfectant and antiseptic, and in the manufacture of vulcanized fiber, parchment paper, and soldering fluxes.
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