13-letter words containing w, e, n, o
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- well-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- well-governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
- well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
- well-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
- west norriton — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- western ocean — the North Atlantic Ocean.
- western samoa — an independent country comprising the W part of Samoa: formerly a trust territory of New Zealand. 1133 sq. mi. (2935 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whether or no — under any circumstances
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wholesomeness — The state of being wholesome.
- 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
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- window winder — a device on the inside of a car door which is turned to raise or lower the window above it
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- 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.
- winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
- winterization — The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
- 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.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- woebegoneness — The quality of being woebegone.
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
- women in love — a novel (1920) by D. H. Lawrence.
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
- won't be long — If you say that someone won't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon.
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
- wonder-worker — a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wooden indian — a carved wooden statue of a standing American Indian, formerly found before many cigar stores as an advertisement.
- wooden nickel — a useless thing; thing of no value
- wooden tongue — actinobacillosis.