13-letter words containing w, a, d, i
- railroad worm — the larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, that burrows through apples, forming tunnels that sometimes appear on the skin as faint depressions or darkened trails: a serious pest of apples in colder regions of North America.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- red river war — a punitive campaign (1874–75) led by General Sheridan against hostile Indians in the region of the Red River and the Llano Estacado.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- 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
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
- sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- speed walking — power walking.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- 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.
- 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
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- 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
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
- waltz matilda — to travel the road carrying one's swag
- wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water strider — any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the 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.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding