13-letter words containing n, w
- a clean sweep — If you make a clean sweep of something such as a series of games or tournaments, you win them all.
- a tangled web — If you refer to a situation as a tangled web, you are emphasizing that it is very confused.
- academic gown — a loose garment like a very light coat with wide sleeves worn over a person's outer clothes and indicating academic status
- acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
- age allowance — an income tax allowance given to taxpayers aged 65 or over
- aircraftwoman — The female equivalent of an aircraftman.
- aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
- airworthiness — (of an aircraft) meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.
- alcan highway — Alaska Highway
- allowableness — the quality of being allowable
- almond willow — a deciduous shrub or small tree, Salix triandra, a species of willow native to Europe and W and Central Asia that has flowers which produce catkins and leaves similar in shape to those of the almond tree
- along the way — If something happens on the way or along the way, it happens during the course of a particular event or process.
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- ammonia water — ammonia (def 2).
- angle of view — the angle that corresponds to the field of view provided by a lens
- animal warden — dogcatcher.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- anti-sway bar — antiroll bar
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- antonine wall — a Roman frontier defence work across S Scotland, extending between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. It was built in 142 ad on the orders of Antoninus Pius (86–161 ad), emperor of Rome (138–161)
- anywhere from — any quantity, time, degree, etc, above a specified limit
- aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- apparent wind — (wind), the velocity of air as measured from a moving object, as a ship.
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- arretine ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.
- artesian well — well sunk through impermeable strata receiving water from an area at a higher altitude than that of the well
- as we know it — If you talk about a thing or system as we know it, you are referring to the form in which it exists now and which is familiar to most people.
- ash wednesday — Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
- assemblywoman — In the United States, an assemblywoman is a female elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblywomen — Plural form of assemblywoman.
- atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
- award-winning — An award-winning person or thing has won an award, especially an important or valuable one.
- awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
- awning window — a window frame having one or more sashes hinged at the top and swinging outward.
- backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- balance wheel — a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece, thereby regulating its beat
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
- baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
- be news to sb — If you say that something is news to you, you mean that you did not previously know what you have just been told, especially when you are surprised or annoyed about it.
- be witness to — If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
- bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- between times — at intervals, as between other events or actions
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- bewick's swan — a white Old World swan, Cygnus bewickii, having a black bill with a small yellow base
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