13-letter words containing w, a, t, l, e, n
- tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- trawler owner — someone who owns a vessel used for trawling or fishing with a trawl net or trawl line
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- 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
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- waterlessness — Absence of water.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- well-attended — to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- writing table — a table designed or used for writing at