13-letter words containing u, a, w
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
- run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- 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-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- turangawaewae — the area that is a person's home
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unwarrantable — capable of being warranted.
- unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- unwritten law — a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
- ups and downs — good and bad experiences
- urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
- urban renewal — the rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wait a minute — People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- walnut family — the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- warren burger — Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.