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13-letter words containing s, e, w, i, n, g

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • 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.
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
  • unknowingness — a state of not knowing
  • unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
  • wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
  • wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • watering spot — watering hole
  • wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
  • wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
  • wedding dress — gown worn by a bride
  • wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
  • wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
  • weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
  • well dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
  • well-dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
  • west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
  • 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 swing — a 1930s jazz-influenced style of country music
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
  • wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
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