13-letter words containing t, w, i, n, g
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- scriptwriting — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
- 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.
- station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- town planning — city planning.
- training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- twenty-eighth — next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
- wall painting — mural painting executed by any of various techniques, as encaustic, tempera, fresco, or oil paint on canvas, often as an enhancement of the architecture of which the recipient wall is a part.
- warning light — a light that indicates danger
- warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
- warp knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted vertically in a flat form.
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- water parting — a watershed or divide.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.