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13-letter words containing s, a, d, o, w

  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • send away for — order by post
  • shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • small forward — a versatile attacking player
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
  • 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.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • the last word — final retort
  • townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
  • ups and downs — good and bad experiences
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
  • waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
  • 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
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
  • well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
  • well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
  • well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
  • west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
  • 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.
  • wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
  • woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
  • 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
  • wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
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