13-letter words containing s, e, g, w
- isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- knowledgeless — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
- self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- sewing needle — Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- siege warfare — the use of offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- speed walking — power walking.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.