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

  • serial writer — someone who writes novels, dramas, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shooting-down — fatal shooting
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • sit well with — to be agreeable to
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • sports writer — A sports writer is a journalist who writes about sport.
  • sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • 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.
  • station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • straight away — immediately
  • 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.
  • suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
  • sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
  • sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
  • 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.
  • swift-flowing — moving rapidly
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • 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
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