13-letter words containing w, o, d, l, a
- new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
- old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- ottawa euclid — Euclid
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- railroad worm — the larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, that burrows through apples, forming tunnels that sometimes appear on the skin as faint depressions or darkened trails: a serious pest of apples in colder regions of North America.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- small forward — a versatile attacking player
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
- sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- the last word — final retort
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
- wild marjoram — a similar and related European plant, Origanum vulgare
- wolffian body — the mesonephros.
- wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
- woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- world war iii — a hypothetical world war of the future, often conceived as a nuclear war resulting in the total destruction of the human race.
- world war one — international conflict of 1914-1919
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.