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

  • on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
  • on the way out — If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.
  • out of the way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
  • out-of-the-way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • quarter hollow — a deep cove or cavetto.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • skip-tooth saw — a saw with alternate teeth absent
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
  • southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
  • straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • test the water — If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
  • the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
  • the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
  • 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 unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • 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.
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
  • 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.
  • titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
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