13-letter words containing r, w, d
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- swinging door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- 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.
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- the last word — final retort
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- two-word verb — a phrasal verb.
- tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- 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
- van der merwe — a stereotypical figure humorously representing Boer stupidity and prejudice
- van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- warranty deed — a deed containing a covenant of warranty.
- warts and all — despite flaws
- wash-and-wear — noting or pertaining to a garment that can be washed, that dries quickly, and that requires little or no ironing; drip-dry.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- 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 strider — any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the water.
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.