13-letter words containing s, w, i, l
- silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
- 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
- siwalik hills — (Siwalik Range) a range in N India, S Nepal, and N Pakistan, in the S Himalaya Mountains.
- 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
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- speed walking — power walking.
- spider flower — cleome
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- swimming gala — a competitive event featuring swimming races
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- 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).
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- 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.
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- 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.
- water blister — a blister that contains a clear, serous fluid, as distinguished from a blood blister, in which the fluid contains blood.
- 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.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- webbe shebeli — Webi Shebeli.
- webbe-shibeli — a river in E Africa, flowing SE from central Ethiopia to the Juba River, in the Somali Republic. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.