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13-letter words containing w, e, d, a, t

  • non-warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
  • northeastward — the northeast.
  • northwestward — the northwest.
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
  • 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.
  • saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • 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
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • 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-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.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • 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
  • 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
  • the last word — final retort
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
  • 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.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
  • unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
  • warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
  • warranty deed — a deed containing a covenant of warranty.
  • waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
  • water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
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