13-letter words containing s, w, e, l, i, n
- speed walking — power walking.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- 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.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
- 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-finished — ended or completed.
- well-invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- 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 midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- 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)
- 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.
- whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- 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
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- 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.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.