13-letter words containing w, e, i
- borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
- bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
- bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
- bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- braillewriter — a machine, similar to a typewriter, for writing texts in Braille.
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- bread-winning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break it down — stop it
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- british white — a British breed of medium-sized white cattle with black points, bred mainly for meat
- broken-winded — suffering from heaves
- brownie guide — a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
- cabbage white — any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
- cable railway — a railway on which individual cars are drawn along by a strong cable or metal chain operated by a stationary motor
- calico flower — a Brazilian woody vine, Aristolochia elegans, of the birthwort family, having large, solitary, white-spotted, purple flowers.
- candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
- cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
- carolina wren — a large wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus, of the U.S., having a musical call.
- cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
- cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- chester white — a variety of large, white hog
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
- chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
- chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
- chimney wheel — smokejack.
- chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints
- cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
- cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- complete with — If one thing comes complete with another, it has that thing as an extra or additional part.
- conning tower — a superstructure of a submarine, used as the bridge when the vessel is on the surface
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable