13-letter words containing s, w, a, r
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- swamp sparrow — a North American sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, inhabiting marshy areas.
- swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
- sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
- 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.
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimmer's ear — an inflammation of the outer ear occurring in persons who swim for long periods or fail to dry the ears.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- taiwan strait — strait between Taiwan & Fujian province, China, joining the East & South China seas: c. 100 mi (161 km) wide
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- the last word — final retort
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
- war-weariness — exhaustion and low spirits caused by a long period of fighting
- warner robins — a city in central Georgia.
- warts and all — despite flaws
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- wash-and-wear — noting or pertaining to a garment that can be washed, that dries quickly, and that requires little or no ironing; drip-dry.
- wassily chair — a chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925, having a chromium-plated tubular steel frame over which strips of canvas or leather of varying widths are stretched to form the seat, back, and arms.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- water blister — a blister that contains a clear, serous fluid, as distinguished from a blood blister, in which the fluid contains blood.
- water opossum — yapok.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- water strider — any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the water.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- watering spot — watering hole