13-letter words containing n, o, w, t
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- 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
- 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
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
- sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
- 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.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
- 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 waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to down tools — If you say that workers down tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- town planning — city planning.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- trawler owner — someone who owns a vessel used for trawling or fishing with a trawl net or trawl line
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.