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

  • news magazine — periodical about current affairs
  • newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
  • night crawler — an earthworm.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
  • nitwittedness — The quality of being nitwitted.
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
  • nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
  • nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
  • obi-wan error — (programming)   /oh'bee-won" er"*r/ (RPI, from "off-by-one" and the Obi-Wan Kenobi character in "Star Wars") A kind of off-by-one error.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • once or twice — If you have done something once or twice, you have done it a few times, but not very often.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • overborrowing — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
  • overflowingly — to an excessive degree
  • overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
  • painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
  • parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
  • point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power station — a generating station.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
  • quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
  • rabbit warren — warren.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • red underwing — a large noctuid moth, Catocala nupta, having dull forewings and hind wings coloured red and black
  • relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
  • reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
  • rewriteperson — rewriteman.
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • 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
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
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