13-letter words containing s, w, o, t
- throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- to down tools — If you say that workers down tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- 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.
- tootsy-wootsy — tootsie1 .
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- 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).
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water opossum — yapok.
- 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-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
- 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.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- webfoot state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- western ocean — the North Atlantic Ocean.
- western samoa — an independent country comprising the W part of Samoa: formerly a trust territory of New Zealand. 1133 sq. mi. (2935 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?