13-letter words containing n, o, s, w, i
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- 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.
- 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.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- 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 economics — Keynesianism.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- power station — a generating station.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
- show signs of — indicate possibility of
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steve wozniak — (person) Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds