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

  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • power station — a generating station.
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
  • reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
  • rewriteperson — rewriteman.
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
  • saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • 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.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • screenwriting — writing film scripts
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
  • sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
  • serial writer — someone who writes novels, dramas, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • 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.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
  • siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • side whiskers — sideburns: hair at side of man's face
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
  • siege warfare — the use of offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it
  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • simware, inc. — (company)   The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • sit well with — to be agreeable to
  • slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
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