13-letter words containing w, g, u
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- turangawaewae — the area that is a person's home
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- unknowingness — a state of not knowing
- unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- warren burger — Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- wedgwood blue — a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
- wooden tongue — actinobacillosis.
- work-furlough — work-release.
- working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
- working group — A working group is the same as a working party.