13-letter words containing wi
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- swinging door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- the hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- together with — combined with
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unknowingness — a state of not knowing
- unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- 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.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
- weigh in with — to introduce or contribute (an idea or opinion) to a discussion, argument, etc.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- western swing — a 1930s jazz-influenced style of country music
- what you will — whatever you like
- whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
- wibbly-wobbly — wobbly
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
- wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
- wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
- wide receiver — an offensive player positioned wide of the formation, as a split end, used primarily as a pass receiver.
- wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
- widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
- widow's weeds — a widow's black mourning clothes
- wife batterer — a man who hits his wife
- wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
- wife's equity — a wife's right to have provision made for her and her children out of her estate, without the aid of a court of equity, if her husband cannot obtain the funds