13-letter words containing w, e, n, i, s
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- 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)
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- western isles — an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
- western swing — a 1930s jazz-influenced style of country music
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
- wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
- wilcoxon test — a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- 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.
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
- wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
- wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- wishbone boom — a boom on a sailboard having two arms that are joined at the mast and at the foot of the sail. The windsurfer holds onto it for support and to steer the sailboard
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- with interest — plus money owed
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- 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.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- worrisomeness — The property of being worrisome.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.