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13-letter words containing w, e, a, n

  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • 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
  • sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
  • see one's way — to find it possible and be willing (to do something)
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • 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
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • 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-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.
  • siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • simware, inc. — (company)   The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
  • 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.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
  • 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.
  • sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
  • te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • 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.
  • train-workers — people who work on trains
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