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13-letter words containing wi

  • wilcoxon test — a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
  • wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • wild geranium — geranium (def 2).
  • wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
  • wild hyacinth — any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.
  • wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
  • wild marjoram — a similar and related European plant, Origanum vulgare
  • wild spaniard — any of various subalpine perennials of the genus Aciphylla of New Zealand, with sharp leaves
  • wildlife park — animal reserve
  • wilhelm wundt — Wilhelm Max [vil-helm mahks] /ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈmɑks/ (Show IPA), 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.
  • wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
  • will to power — (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) the self-assertive creative drive in all individuals, regarded as the supreme quality of the superman.
  • williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • willow family — the plant family Salicaceae, characterized by deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, hairy catkins of male and female flowers on separate plants, and capsular fruit, and including the aspen, cottonwood, poplar, and willow.
  • willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
  • willy wagtail — a large black-and-white bird, Rhipidura leucophrys, of Australia and New Guinea, having bristles around the upper bill and a long, fanlike tail.
  • wind scorpion — sun spider.
  • winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
  • winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
  • window winder — a device on the inside of a car door which is turned to raise or lower the window above it
  • windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
  • windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
  • windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
  • wine and dine — the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
  • wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
  • wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
  • wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
  • wing and wing — with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other.
  • wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
  • winkle-picker — a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe
  • winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
  • winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
  • winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
  • winter barley — barley that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
  • winter cherry — Also called Chinese lantern plant. a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
  • winter garden — an outdoor garden maintained during the winter with hardy plants.
  • winter savory — See under savory2 .
  • winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
  • 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.
  • winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
  • winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
  • winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
  • winterization — The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
  • winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.
  • wire recorder — a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel wire by magnetizing the wire as it passed an electromagnet.
  • wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
  • wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
  • wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
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