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13-letter words containing g, w, e, i, l

  • outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
  • overflowingly — to an excessive degree
  • pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
  • sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
  • sewing needle — Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
  • twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
  • underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
  • 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
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
  • weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
  • weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
  • weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • well dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well engineer — A well engineer is a qualified person who carries out the design, construction, and maintenance of oil and gas wells.
  • well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
  • well-dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • 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.
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
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