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13-letter words containing o, s, w, e, g

  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
  • 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.
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • unknowingness — a state of not knowing
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • watering spot — watering hole
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
  • woebegoneness — The quality of being woebegone.
  • women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
  • works manager — a factory manager
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