13-letter words containing s, w, u
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- superpowerful — extremely powerful
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweat bullets — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- 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 alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
- the southwest — the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- 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
- 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
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- water opossum — yapok.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- 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-adjusted — arranged or fitted properly: Properly adjusted shelving will accommodate books of various heights.
- well-measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- well-scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- well-situated — located; placed.
- 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.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?