13-letter words containing w, e, m
- new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
- new to a game — If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pop-down menu — pull-down menu
- powder method — a method of x-ray determination of crystal structure using a powdered sample.
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- powdered milk — dry milk.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
- show-me state — Missouri2
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- skew symmetry — symmetry of top left with bottom right, and top right with bottom left
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
- swimmer's ear — an inflammation of the outer ear occurring in persons who swim for long periods or fail to dry the ears.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- takeaway meal — a meal 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.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- to the marrow — deeply
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.