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

  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • 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.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • showplace home — a historic house
  • shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • 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.
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • swelled-headed — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • 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 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.
  • 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 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.
  • trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
  • walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • wang ching-wei — 1883–1944, Chinese political leader.
  • wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
  • 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.
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
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