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13-letter words containing w, e, k, i

  • sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • 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.
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • 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.
  • sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • the whole kit — everything or everybody
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • train-workers — people who work on trains
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • unknowingness — a state of not knowing
  • unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
  • walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
  • wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
  • what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
  • wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
  • wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
  • wildlife park — animal reserve
  • winkle-picker — a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe
  • winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
  • winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
  • winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
  • winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
  • wooden nickel — a useless thing; thing of no value
  • work overtime — work extra hours
  • worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
  • working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
  • working-women — a woman who is regularly employed.
  • workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
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