13-letter words containing s, e, a, w, t
- 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-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterlessness — Absence of water.
- 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.
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- webfoot state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
- well attested — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- well-adjusted — arranged or fitted properly: Properly adjusted shelving will accommodate books of various heights.
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-attested — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- well-situated — located; placed.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west caldwell — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- western ghats — a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western ocean — the North Atlantic Ocean.
- western samoa — an independent country comprising the W part of Samoa: formerly a trust territory of New Zealand. 1133 sq. mi. (2935 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- western slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.