13-letter words containing w, a, r, t, i
- sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- straight away — immediately
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- 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
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- taiwan strait — strait between Taiwan & Fujian province, China, joining the East & South China seas: c. 100 mi (161 km) wide
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- 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.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- two-part time — duple time.
- 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
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- 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.
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- 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.
- water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- water blister — a blister that contains a clear, serous fluid, as distinguished from a blood blister, in which the fluid contains blood.
- water carrier — a person who carries water, as to a body of troops.
- water curtain — a sheet of water from a series of sprinklers for protecting the walls and roof of a building from fires outside the building.
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water parting — a watershed or divide.
- water quality — Water quality is the degree to which water is clean, and whether it is suitable for drinking, for making plants grow, or for fish to live in, etc.
- 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 spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- 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.
- water turbine — a turbine driven by the momentum or reactive force of water.
- 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.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.