13-letter words containing s, w, u, n
- queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
- show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- unknowingness — a state of not knowing
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- 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
- ups and downs — good and bad experiences
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
- winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- within bounds — not beyond limits
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.