13-letter words containing m, e, w, a, r
- mineral water — water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.
- mineral wells — a city in N central Texas.
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- 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.
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- swimmer's ear — an inflammation of the outer ear occurring in persons who swim for long periods or fail to dry the ears.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- to the marrow — deeply
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- two-part time — duple time.
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- van der merwe — a stereotypical figure humorously representing Boer stupidity and prejudice
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- water boatman — any of numerous aquatic insects of the family Corixidae, having paddlelike hind legs.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water opossum — yapok.
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
- wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
- well-mannered — polite; courteous.
- well-measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- western samoa — an independent country comprising the W part of Samoa: formerly a trust territory of New Zealand. 1133 sq. mi. (2935 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked