13-letter words containing w, e, n, o
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- trawler owner — someone who owns a vessel used for trawling or fishing with a trawl net or trawl line
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- two penn'orth — During a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.
- twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unknowingness — a state of not knowing
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- w.k. roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
- warner robins — a city in central Georgia.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water boatman — any of numerous aquatic insects of the family Corixidae, having paddlelike hind legs.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- wave equation — Mathematics, Physics. any differential equation that describes the propagation of waves or other disturbances in a medium.
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- weaponization — Standard spelling of from=American spelling.
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- welcome wagon — a welcoming service that provides information about a community to new residents
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- well governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.