13-letter words containing h, a, w, i
- hawaiian high — a semipermanent, atmospheric, high-pressure system of the Pacific Ocean, centered, in the mean, about 1000 miles (1600 km) northeast of Hawaii: one of the subtropical highs.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.
- high-low-jack — all fours (def 2).
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
- hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- in harm's way — If someone is put in harm's way, they are caused to be in a dangerous situation.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- make off with — take away
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- packet switch — packet switching
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- periwig chair — a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.