13-letter words containing a, s, w, h
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- in harm's way — If someone is put in harm's way, they are caused to be in a dangerous situation.
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- packet switch — packet switching
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sawtooth roof — a roof composed of a series of small parallel roofs of triangular cross section, usually asymmetrical with the shorter slope glazed.
- school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
- schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
- show of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence