13-letter words containing o, n, w, a
- clown anemone — a widely distributed anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, having broad bands of orange and white: popular in home aquariums.
- coconut water — the watery, drinkable liquid inside an immature coconut.
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- common mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
- common sallow — a small Eurasian willow tree, Salix cinerea, which has large catkins that appear before the leaves
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
- congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- connate water — Connate water is water which is trapped in rock pores.
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- contract work — the work specified in a short-term contract, esp as opposed to regular employment
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- crack of dawn — the very instant that the sun rises
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- down the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- down to earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
- down-to-earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
- downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- earning power — business: ability to profit
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- edward lorenz — (person) A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the Lorenz attractor in the 1960s.
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- fellow inmate — sb in same prison
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- garrison town — a town containing a military base
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- glass-blowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- golden wattle — a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
- goodwin sands — a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.