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13-letter words containing t, w, i

  • law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
  • law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
  • letter-writer — a person who writes letters or communications
  • light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
  • light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
  • low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
  • low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
  • lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
  • mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
  • mackinaw coat — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
  • magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
  • magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
  • make off with — take away
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
  • matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
  • microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
  • mid wicket on — mid on.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • midwesterners — Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of 'Midwesterner'.
  • might as well — have no reason not to
  • mineral water — water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.
  • minimumweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
  • morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
  • mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
  • mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
  • mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
  • mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
  • mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
  • mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
  • mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
  • multimegawatt — producing or involving several million watts of power
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
  • negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
  • new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
  • new jerseyite — of New Jersey
  • new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • news bulletin — a usually short news broadcast
  • newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
  • night crawler — an earthworm.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
  • nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
  • niklaus wirth — (person)   The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
  • nitwittedness — The quality of being nitwitted.
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