13-letter words containing r, e, w, o
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
- 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.
- will to power — (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) the self-assertive creative drive in all individuals, regarded as the supreme quality of the superman.
- 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
- window winder — a device on the inside of a car door which is turned to raise or lower the window above it
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
- winterization — The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
- wire recorder — a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel wire by magnetizing the wire as it passed an electromagnet.
- wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
- wonder-worker — a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- word deafness — inability to comprehend the meanings of words though they are heard, caused by lesions of the auditory center of the brain.
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- work overtime — work extra hours
- work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
- worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
- working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
- working-women — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- works manager — a factory manager
- world process — change within time, regarded as meaningful in relation to a transcendent principle or plan.
- world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
- world war one — international conflict of 1914-1919
- worrisomeness — The property of being worrisome.
- worthlessness — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- writ of error — a writ issued by an appellate court to the court of record where a case was tried, requiring that the record of the trial be sent to the appellate court for examination of alleged errors.
- write-protect — to protect (a recordable disk) from accidental erasure or change; to mark (a file or disk) so that its contents cannot be modified or deleted.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
- yellow jersey — (in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey worn by the overall leader