13-letter words containing w, e, t, r
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
- sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
- 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-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
- 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.
- 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
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- the last word — final retort
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
- the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- three-wheeler — a vehicle equipped with three wheels, as a tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, or some small, experimental, or early-model cars.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- 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.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to the marrow — deeply
- together with — combined with
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- 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
- turangawaewae — the area that is a person's home
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- 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.
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- 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 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.