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13-letter words containing w, a, t

  • whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
  • wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
  • wife batterer — a man who hits his wife
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
  • wild hyacinth — any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.
  • willy wagtail — a large black-and-white bird, Rhipidura leucophrys, of Australia and New Guinea, having bristles around the upper bill and a long, fanlike tail.
  • wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
  • 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 garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
  • winter savory — See under savory2 .
  • winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
  • winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
  • winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
  • winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
  • winterization — The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
  • wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
  • wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
  • with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • withlacoochee — a river in central Florida, flowingN and W to the Gulf of Mexico. 160 miles (257 km) long.
  • without cease — without stopping; incessantly
  • without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
  • witness stand — the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.
  • witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
  • wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
  • wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
  • woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
  • wood hyacinth — bluebell (def 2).
  • woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
  • wool merchant — a dealer in wool
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • word painting — an effective verbal description.
  • wordsworthianWilliam, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
  • writing paper — paper on which to write.
  • writing table — a table designed or used for writing at
  • yellow jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
  • yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
  • yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.
  • you can't win — an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties
  • you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
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