13-letter words containing w, y, e, l
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- 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.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
- takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
- 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.”.
- walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- water quality — Water quality is the degree to which water is clean, and whether it is suitable for drinking, for making plants grow, or for fish to live in, etc.
- weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
- well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- woolly monkey — either of two large New World monkeys Lagothrix lagotricha, with black skin and dark, woolly fur, and L. flavicauda, similar but with a buffy face patch and a yellow-banded tail, native to forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins: L. lagotricha is endangered and L. flavicauda threatened.
- woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
- woolly-minded — showing a vague or muddled way of thinking
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
- yellow enzyme — any of several yellow respiratory enzymes that are members of the flavoprotein group, found naturally as in yeast
- yellow jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
- yellow jersey — (in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey worn by the overall leader
- yellow locust — black locust.
- yellow mombin — a tropical American tree, Spondias mombin, having yellowish-white flowers and yellow, oval, edible fruit.
- yellow poplar — tulip tree (def 1).
- yellow ribbon — a yellow-colored ribbon displayed as a symbol of solidarity with soldiers in combat, political hostages, etc.
- yellow rocket — any of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea, esp B. vulgaris
- yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
- yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.