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13-letter words containing m, e, w, i

  • master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
  • matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
  • measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
  • melvin conway — (person)   An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
  • micro-brewery — A micro-brewery is a type of small brewery where beer is produced using traditional methods.
  • microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
  • microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
  • mid wicket on — mid on.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • midwesterners — Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of 'Midwesterner'.
  • might as well — have no reason not to
  • milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
  • mineral water — water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.
  • mineral wells — a city in N central Texas.
  • minimumweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
  • mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
  • mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
  • mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
  • mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
  • mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
  • mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
  • mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
  • mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
  • multimegawatt — producing or involving several million watts of power
  • 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 age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
  • new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
  • new economics — Keynesianism.
  • 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.
  • news magazine — periodical about current affairs
  • nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
  • outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
  • painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • powdered milk — dry milk.
  • raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • 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
  • siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
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