13-letter words containing s, t, e, w, r
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- meteor shower — the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- midwesterners — Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of 'Midwesterner'.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- 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.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- network storm — broadcast storm
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- north by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of north. Abbreviation: NbW.
- north-western — North-western means in or from the north-west of a region or country.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- 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.
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- oversweetness — the state of being too sweet
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- power station — a generating station.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- serial writer — someone who writes novels, dramas, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
- sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
- skew symmetry — symmetry of top left with bottom right, and top right with bottom left
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers