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13-letter words containing of

  • think much of — to have a high opinion of
  • ticket office — an office or booth at which tickets are sold, as for a play, a film, or travel accommodations.
  • to go off air — to stop broadcasting
  • turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
  • twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
  • under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
  • unofficiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • vale of tempe — a wooded valley in E Greece, in Thessaly between the mountains Olympus and Ossa
  • vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
  • 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.
  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
  • ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
  • water-proofed — impervious to water.
  • waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • what about/of — You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
  • wheel of life — the symbol of the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
  • word of honor — a pledge of one's honor that a specified condition, bargain, etc., will be fulfilled; oath; promise.
  • word of mouth — informal oral communication: The rumor spread rapidly by word of mouth.
  • writ of error — a writ issued by an appellate court to the court of record where a case was tried, requiring that the record of the trial be sent to the appellate court for examination of alleged errors.
  • writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
  • year of grace — a specified year of the Christian era: this year of grace; the year of grace 1982.
  • zooflagellate — any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic.
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