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13-letter words containing s, e, w, d

  • western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • whistle dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
  • whistle-dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
  • 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.
  • who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
  • widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
  • widow's weeds — a widow's black mourning clothes
  • wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
  • winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
  • windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • witness stand — the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.
  • witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
  • wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
  • wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
  • 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
  • world process — change within time, regarded as meaningful in relation to a transcendent principle or plan.
  • world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
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