13-letter words containing r, o, s, w, i
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- 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.
- 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
- wind scorpion — sun spider.
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
- 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.
- 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 tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- woolly indris — a related nocturnal Madagascan animal, Avahi laniger, with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- 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 class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.
- world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- worrisomeness — The property of being worrisome.