13-letter words starting with wa
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- wah-wah pedal — a foot pedal attached to an electronic musical instrument, used to create a sound that simulates the sound made by a trumpet, cornet, etc, when the bell is alternately covered and uncovered
- wait a minute — People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- 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 the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- wall painting — mural painting executed by any of various techniques, as encaustic, tempera, fresco, or oil paint on canvas, often as an enhancement of the architecture of which the recipient wall is a part.
- wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
- walnut family — the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- waltz matilda — to travel the road carrying one's swag
- wandering jew — a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
- wang jing wei — 1883–1944, Chinese politician. A leading revolutionary, he struggled (1927–32) with Chiang Kai-shek for control of the Kuomintang. During World War II he was head of a Japanese puppet government in Nanjing
- wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- 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.
- war-weariness — exhaustion and low spirits caused by a long period of fighting
- 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
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- warner robins — a city in central Georgia.
- warning light — a light that indicates danger
- warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
- warp knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted vertically in a flat form.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- warranty deed — a deed containing a covenant of warranty.
- warren burger — Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
- warts and all — despite flaws
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- wash-and-wear — noting or pertaining to a garment that can be washed, that dries quickly, and that requires little or no ironing; drip-dry.
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- wassily chair — a chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925, having a chromium-plated tubular steel frame over which strips of canvas or leather of varying widths are stretched to form the seat, back, and arms.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
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