13-letter words containing w, i, g, n
- weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- well dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
- well engineer — A well engineer is a qualified person who carries out the design, construction, and maintenance of oil and gas wells.
- well-designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
- well-dressing — (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.
- well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- western swing — a 1930s jazz-influenced style of country music
- wetting agent — any admixture to a liquid for increasing its ability to penetrate, or spread over the surface of, a given material, especially cloth, paper, or leather.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
- white wedding — A white wedding is a wedding where the bride wears white and the ceremony takes place in a church.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
- wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
- wing and wing — with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other.
- wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
- winter garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
- winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- wool classing — the grading and grouping together of similar types of wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- word painting — an effective verbal description.
- word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
- working group — A working group is the same as a working party.
- working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
- working-women — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- writing paper — paper on which to write.