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14-letter words containing e, w, h, o

  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
  • the top twenty — the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • theater of war — the entire area in which ground, sea, and air forces may become directly employed in war operations, including the theater of operations and the zone of interior.
  • theatre of war — the area of air, sea and land that is directly involved in war
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • thought shower — brainstorm
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • throw together — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
  • weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
  • weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
  • wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
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