0%

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

  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
  • 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.
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • send away for — order by post
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • shower screen — a shower panel
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • 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
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • 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.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • 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.
  • spider flower — cleome
  • sports writer — A sports writer is a journalist who writes about sport.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • 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
  • superpowerful — extremely powerful
  • 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
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?