13-letter words containing n, o, r, w, i
- 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.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- waygoing crop — away-going crop.
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- 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.
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- wind scorpion — sun spider.
- window winder — a device on the inside of a car door which is turned to raise or lower the window above it
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
- winterization — The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- woolly indris — a related nocturnal Madagascan animal, Avahi laniger, with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail
- word painting — an effective verbal description.
- word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
- working group — A working group is the same as a working party.
- working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
- working-women — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- worrisomeness — The property of being worrisome.
- yellow ribbon — a yellow-colored ribbon displayed as a symbol of solidarity with soldiers in combat, political hostages, etc.