13-letter words containing o, r, w
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- lunar rainbow — moonbow.
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- meteor shower — the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm.
- micro-brewery — A micro-brewery is a type of small brewery where beer is produced using traditional methods.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- modern hebrew — the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. Abbreviation: ModHeb.
- monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
- monkey wrench — spanner
- monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- mushroom town — a town that has grown very quickly
- narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
- narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- ne'er-do-well — an idle, worthless person; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; good-for-nothing.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- nervous wreck — sb anxious
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- network storm — broadcast storm
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- no-score draw — A no-score draw is the result of a football match in which neither team scores any goals.
- non-renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- nonsense word — a word that has no real meaning
- north by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of north. Abbreviation: NbW.
- north-western — North-western means in or from the north-west of a region or country.
- northeastward — the northeast.