13-letter words containing s, e, w, l
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- welsh dresser — a sideboard having drawers or compartments below and open, shallow shelves above.
- welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- 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 berliner — a native or inhabitant of the part of Berlin formerly under US, British, and French control
- 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 midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- western isles — an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- 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)
- 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.
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
- 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.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white settler — a well-off incomer to a district who takes advantage of what it has to offer without regard to the local inhabitants
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wholesomeness — The state of being wholesome.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- wilcoxon test — a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
- wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
- williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- 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
- worthlessness — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- yellow jersey — (in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey worn by the overall leader
- yellow locust — black locust.
- yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
- yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.