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13-letter words containing l, w, e

  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • sit well with — to be agreeable to
  • slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spider flower — cleome
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • street-walker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
  • sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superpowerful — extremely powerful
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • sweat bullets — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
  • sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
  • sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
  • sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
  • swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
  • takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
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