18-letter words containing d, h, o, w
- swollen-headedness — the quality of being conceited
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
- think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
- to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
- watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
- water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
- wedge-heeled shoes — shoes with wedge heels
- wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.
- west-northwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-northwest.
- west-southwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-southwest.
- white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
- white-fronted tern — a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata, with a long black bill, a white breast, and a forked tail
- white-spotted hyla — a type of tree frog (H. leucophyllata) of tropical America
- widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- withdrawal symptom — effects of stopping a drug
- woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
- world championship — an international competition in a particular sport or activity for people all around the world