13-letter words containing w, i, n, d, s
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- sewing needle — Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- speed walking — power walking.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- swinging door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- 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.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- wedding bells — church bells that peal after marriage ceremony
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- wedding dress — gown worn by a bride
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- 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-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-finished — ended or completed.
- well-invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
- wild spaniard — any of various subalpine perennials of the genus Aciphylla of New Zealand, with sharp leaves
- wind scorpion — sun spider.
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- within bounds — not beyond limits
- witness stand — the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.
- witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc