13-letter words containing w, d, a
- ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
- red river war — a punitive campaign (1874–75) led by General Sheridan against hostile Indians in the region of the Red River and the Llano Estacado.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
- send away for — order by post
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- small forward — a versatile attacking player
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- speed walking — power walking.
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
- sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
- sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- 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
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- takeaway food — food 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.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki