12-letter words containing e, t, h, l, w
- wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white squall — a whirlwind at sea or a violent disturbance of small radius not accompanied by clouds but indicated merely by whitecaps and turbulent water.
- white walnut — butternut (def 1).
- white willow — a willow tree, Salix alba, of Europe and Asia having leaves with pale undersides
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
- whittle down — To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole-length — extended to or having its entire length; not shortened or abridged: a whole-length report.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- witch hobble — the hobblebush.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- withholdment — the act of withholding
- wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
- wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- yellow light — a yellow traffic light, usually preceding a signal halting traffic in a particular direction.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.