13-letter words containing w, e, d, a
- well-measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- well-prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-regarded — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- well-situated — located; placed.
- well-traveled — having traveled, especially to distant places; experienced in travel.
- welland canal — a ship canal in S Canada, in Ontario, connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario: 8 locks. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- west caldwell — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
- 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.
- wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
- 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 geranium — geranium (def 2).
- wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
- wildlife park — animal reserve
- winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
- wine and dine — the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- winter garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- 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.
- wooden indian — a carved wooden statue of a standing American Indian, formerly found before many cigar stores as an advertisement.
- wooden-headed — thick-headed, dull; stupid.
- woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
- word deafness — inability to comprehend the meanings of words though they are heard, caused by lesions of the auditory center of the brain.
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- world war one — international conflict of 1914-1919
- wrapped up in — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.