13-letter words containing w, a, t, m
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multimegawatt — producing or involving several million watts of power
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
- new to a game — If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
- show-me state — Missouri2
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- 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 william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- to the marrow — deeply
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- two-part time — duple time.
- 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.
- 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.
- waltz matilda — to travel the road carrying one's swag
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- water boatman — any of numerous aquatic insects of the family Corixidae, having paddlelike hind legs.
- 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 milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water opossum — yapok.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.