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13-letter words containing w, e, s, t

  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
  • sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sweet-scented — having a pleasant and sweet smell; fragrant.
  • sweet-toothed — having a strong liking for sweet foods
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • teensy-weensy — tiny; small.
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the last word — final retort
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the southwest — the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
  • the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
  • 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
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
  • twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
  • twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
  • two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
  • und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
  • underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
  • unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
  • walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
  • wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
  • waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
  • wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
  • wasting asset — an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
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