13-letter words containing s, w, i
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- 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.
- wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- wedding dress — gown worn by a bride
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- weird sisters — the Norns
- well disposed — If you are well disposed to a person, plan, or activity, you are likely to agree with them or support them.
- 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 supplied — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
- well-disposed — favorably, sympathetically, or kindly disposed: The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan.
- 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-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- well-situated — located; placed.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- well-supplied — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- 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 bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- 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)
- western swing — a 1930s jazz-influenced style of country music
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- 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.
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect