13-letter words containing t, w
- between times — at intervals, as between other events or actions
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- big brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- bit twiddling — 1. (pejorative) An exercise in tuning (see tune) in which incredible amounts of time and effort go to produce little noticeable improvement, often with the result that the code becomes incomprehensible. 2. Aimless small modification to a program, especially for some pointless goal. 3. bit bashing, especially used for the act of frobbing the device control register of a peripheral in an attempt to get it back to a known state.
- bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
- blaenau gwent — a county borough of SE Wales, created in 1996 from NW Gwent. Administrative centre: Ebbw Vale. Pop: 68 900 (2003 est). Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- blanketflower — a hardy flowering plant, Gaillardia aristata, that grows in the US
- blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
- blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
- blue whistler — blue norther.
- bootlace worm — a nemertean worm, Lineus longissimus, that inhabits shingly shores and attains lengths of over 6 m (20 ft)
- borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- bottled water — water sold in bottles
- bottom drawer — a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage
- bound up with — closely or inextricably linked with
- bow collector — a sliding current collector, consisting of a bow-shaped strip mounted on a hinged framework, used on trains, etc, to collect current from an overhead-wire
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
- braillewriter — a machine, similar to a typewriter, for writing texts in Braille.
- break it down — stop it
- bretton woods — resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- british white — a British breed of medium-sized white cattle with black points, bred mainly for meat
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- buttoned-down — conventional or conservative
- cabbage white — any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
- cable tramway — tramway (def 4).
- carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
- carpet-weaver — a person who weaves carpets
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
- catch up with — When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- chester white — a variety of large, white hog
- chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
- chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
- chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints