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17-letter words containing h, a, w, i

  • law of trichotomy — the property that for natural numbers a and b , either a is less than b , a equals b , or a is greater than b .
  • lewis with harris — the northernmost island of the Hebrides, in NW Scotland. 825 sq. mi. (2135 sq. km).
  • light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
  • light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • lower paleolithic — See under Paleolithic.
  • mann-whitney test — a statistical test of the difference between the distributions of data collected in two experimental conditions applied to unmatched groups of subjects but comparing the distributions of the ranks of the scores
  • may/might as well — If you say that you might as well do something, or that you may as well do it, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
  • message switching — store and forward
  • metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
  • minion of the law — a policeman.
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
  • nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
  • play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • richard arkwright — Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.
  • right-to-work law — a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.
  • roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • saint john's wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
  • sandwich compound — any of a class of organometallic compounds whose molecules have a metal atom or ion bound between two plane parallel organic rings
  • sawatch mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colo.: highest peak, Elbert
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
  • spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • st. swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
  • straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • swainson's thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • that way/this way — You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made.
  • the final whistle — a blast on a referee's whistle to indicate that a game is over
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the unwritten law — the tradition that a person may avenge any insult to family integrity, as used to justify criminal acts of vengeance
  • the water carrier — the constellation Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • thirty years' war — the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618–48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
  • three-strikes law — a law that mandates a life sentence to a felon convicted for the third time.
  • to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
  • to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
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