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13-letter words containing r, e, s, w

  • stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • street-walker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
  • sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superpowerful — extremely powerful
  • surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • swamp cypress — bald cypress.
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
  • 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.
  • sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
  • swimmer's ear — an inflammation of the outer ear occurring in persons who swim for long periods or fail to dry the ears.
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • the last word — final retort
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
  • throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • train-workers — people who work on trains
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
  • und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
  • underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
  • ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
  • van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
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