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13-letter words containing r, e, w, i, l

  • well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
  • well-received — generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard: a received moral idea.
  • well-reviewed — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
  • welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
  • welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
  • werecrocodile — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
  • west berliner — a native or inhabitant of the part of Berlin formerly under US, British, and French control
  • western isles — an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
  • whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
  • whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • white leather — leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.
  • white settler — a well-off incomer to a district who takes advantage of what it has to offer without regard to the local inhabitants
  • white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
  • white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
  • white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
  • white-livered — lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
  • wildlife park — animal reserve
  • will to power — (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) the self-assertive creative drive in all individuals, regarded as the supreme quality of the superman.
  • williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • 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
  • wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
  • winkle-picker — a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe
  • winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
  • winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
  • wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
  • working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
  • world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
  • wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • writing table — a table designed or used for writing at
  • yellow ribbon — a yellow-colored ribbon displayed as a symbol of solidarity with soldiers in combat, political hostages, etc.
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