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13-letter words containing w, o, l

  • vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
  • walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • walk out with — to court or be courted by
  • walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • 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
  • wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
  • walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
  • water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
  • 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
  • water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
  • watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
  • 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
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • web developer — a person or company that develops World Wide Web software applications, or that creates and maintains websites.
  • wedgwood blue — a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.
  • welcome wagon — a welcoming service that provides information about a community to new residents
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
  • 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 disposed — If you are well disposed to a person, plan, or activity, you are likely to agree with them or support them.
  • well governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • 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-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
  • well-composed — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
  • well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
  • well-disposed — favorably, sympathetically, or kindly disposed: The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan.
  • well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
  • well-followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • well-governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
  • well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
  • well-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
  • well-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
  • well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
  • well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
  • well-schooled — having been trained or educated sufficiently, as in a school
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