13-letter words containing l, o, w, i
- the whole kit — everything or everybody
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- 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.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- town planning — city planning.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- 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.
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- 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.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- well disposed — If you are well disposed to a person, plan, or activity, you are likely to agree with them or support them.
- well-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- well-disposed — favorably, sympathetically, or kindly disposed: The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan.
- well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
- well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
- well-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- werecrocodile — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- what you will — whatever you like
- wheel of life — the symbol of the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
- whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white melilot — a Eurasian plant, Melilotus alba, of the legume family, naturalized in the U.S., having white flowers.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour