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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 burgerWarren 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
  • winnepesaukeeLake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
  • winnipesaukeeLake, 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.
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