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13-letter words containing w

  • down the tube — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • down to earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
  • down-the-line — complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
  • down-to-earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
  • downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
  • downers grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
  • drainage wind — Meteorology. gravity wind.
  • draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
  • draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
  • drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
  • drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
  • drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
  • drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
  • dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
  • dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
  • drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
  • drive a wedge — If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
  • driving wheel — Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • early warning — An early warning system warns people that something bad is likely to happen, for example that a machine is about to stop working, or that a country is being attacked.
  • earning power — business: ability to profit
  • east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
  • easterly wave — a westward-moving, wavelike disturbance of low atmospheric pressure embedded in tropical easterly winds.
  • edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
  • edward jenner — Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
  • edward lorenz — (person)   A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the Lorenz attractor in the 1960s.
  • edwardsianism — a modified form of Calvinism taught by Jonathan Edwards.
  • european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
  • exploded view — a drawing or photograph of a complicated mechanism that shows the individual parts separately, usually indicating their relative positions
  • f.w. de klerk — Frederik Willem, born 1936, South African political leader: president 1989–94; Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
  • fairview park — a city in N Ohio.
  • fairy swallow — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
  • family jewels — a man's genitals
  • fare-you-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
  • fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
  • father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.
  • featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
  • fellow inmate — sb in same prison
  • fellow member — someone who is a member of the same organization or society as you
  • fellow worker — someone you work with
  • fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
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