12-letter words containing e, g, w, h
- interwrought — having been interworked
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- light-weight — light displacement.
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new theology — a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- passage hawk — a young hawk during its first migration.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- throw weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
- throw-weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
- twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- weathertight — secure against wind, rain, etc.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- wedge-heeled — having a wedge heel
- wedge-shaped — shaped like a wedge
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.
- weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
- well-weighed — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- well-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.