13-letter words containing r, u, n, w
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- unwritten law — a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
- upon my word! — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
- urban renewal — the rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans.
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- warren burger — Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- water curtain — a sheet of water from a series of sprinklers for protecting the walls and roof of a building from fires outside the building.
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- water turbine — a turbine driven by the momentum or reactive force of water.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- well-nurtured — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- 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.
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
- working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
- working group — A working group is the same as a working party.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.
- wrapped up in — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.