13-letter words containing w, u, n, e
- unwritten law — a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
- urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
- urban renewal — the rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans.
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wait a minute — People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.
- warren burger — Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- water curtain — a sheet of water from a series of sprinklers for protecting the walls and roof of a building from fires outside the building.
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- water turbine — a turbine driven by the momentum or reactive force of water.
- wave equation — Mathematics, Physics. any differential equation that describes the propagation of waves or other disturbances in a medium.
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- wedding guest — sb invited to a marriage ceremony
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- well-nurtured — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
- wilhelm wundt — Wilhelm Max [vil-helm mahks] /ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈmɑks/ (Show IPA), 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
- wonderfulness — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wooden tongue — actinobacillosis.
- wrapped up in — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.