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13-letter words containing o, n, w, a

  • prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • queen dowager — the widow of a king.
  • 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.
  • rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
  • re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
  • real soon now — (jargon, humour)   (RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry Pournelle's column in BYTE. The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea. "I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
  • royal warrant — an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household
  • 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
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • 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.
  • see one's way — to find it possible and be willing (to do something)
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • send away for — order by post
  • 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
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • 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 of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
  • 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.
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • snowball bush — guelder rose.
  • 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
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • 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.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • throw a punch — try to hit sb
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
  • unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
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