14-letter words containing h, a, w, e
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
- matthew walker — a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
- mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mowing machine — a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- new netherland — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- no matter what — whatever
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northwestwards — northwestward.
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- 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.
- one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
- 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
- paddle-wheeler — a steamboat propelled by a paddle wheel
- 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.
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- 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.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- 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
- rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.