13-letter words containing w, e, n, t, l
- well-attended — to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
- well-invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- well-nurtured — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- well-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west berliner — a native or inhabitant of the part of Berlin formerly under US, British, and French control
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- 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 larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- 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
- wilhelm wundt — Wilhelm Max [vil-helm mahks] /ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈmɑks/ (Show IPA), 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.
- wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
- 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.
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- 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.
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
- worthlessness — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- writing table — a table designed or used for writing at