13-letter words containing n, s, w, t
- 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.
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- 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.
- 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
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- warts and all — despite flaws
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterlessness — Absence of 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.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- well-invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west berliner — a native or inhabitant of the part of Berlin formerly under US, British, and French control
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)