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13-letter words containing h, a, t, w

  • weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
  • weatherbeaten — Alternative spelling of weather-beaten.
  • weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
  • weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
  • weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
  • weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
  • weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
  • weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
  • welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
  • west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • western ghats — a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)
  • western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
  • whale catcher — a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales
  • what about/of — You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
  • what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • what the heck — You say 'what the heck' to indicate that you do not care about a bad aspect of an action or situation.
  • what the hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • what you will — whatever you like
  • what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
  • where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
  • white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • white arsenic — arsenous acid
  • white crappie — See under crappie.
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
  • white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
  • white leather — leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.
  • white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
  • white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
  • white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
  • white van man — a male van driver, often of a white van, whose driving is selfish and aggressive
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • whitefish bay — a city in SE Wisconsin, N of Milwaukee.
  • whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
  • wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
  • whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
  • wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
  • wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
  • wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
  • wild hyacinth — any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.
  • wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
  • winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
  • with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
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