13-letter words containing w, a, t, e
- unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- 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.
- vegetable wax — a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.
- venereal wart — a soft warty nodule of viral origin that occurs on the mucosal surfaces of the genitalia or around the anus, often in a cluster; condyloma acuminatum.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- 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 the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
- walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- warranty deed — a deed containing a covenant of warranty.
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- 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 boatman — any of numerous aquatic insects of the family Corixidae, having paddlelike hind legs.
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- 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 feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
- water feature — A water feature is something such as an artificial pond or waterfall, usually in a garden.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- water lettuce — a floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratiotes, of the arum family, having a rosette of thick, spongy leaves.
- 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 opossum — yapok.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water parting — a watershed or divide.
- water platter — Santa Cruz water lily.
- 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 torture — dripping water onto victim's forehead
- water turbine — a turbine driven by the momentum or reactive force of water.
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in 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.