13-letter words containing t, w, e, d
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
- sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
- sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- sweet-scented — having a pleasant and sweet smell; fragrant.
- sweet-toothed — having a strong liking for sweet foods
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- 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 last word — final retort
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- 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.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- two-word verb — a phrasal verb.
- tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.