13-letter words containing w, e, a, r
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
- mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
- mineral water — water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.
- mineral wells — a city in N central Texas.
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
- narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- 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 australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- new zealander — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- nez perce war — a war (1877) fought in the northwestern U.S. between the U.S. and a band of Nez Percé Indians.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- no-score draw — A no-score draw is the result of a football match in which neither team scores any goals.
- non-renewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.