0%

13-letter words containing o, s, t, w, a

  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • power station — a generating station.
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • sawtooth roof — a roof composed of a series of small parallel roofs of triangular cross section, usually asymmetrical with the shorter slope glazed.
  • 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.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • 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 me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • 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-me state — Missouri2
  • 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
  • solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • 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.
  • statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
  • 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
  • sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
  • 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.
  • tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • the last word — final retort
  • to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • 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
  • twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
  • washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
  • waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water opossum — yapok.
  • water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
  • watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?