12-letter words containing h, e, a, t, w
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- news theatre — a cinema that specialized in showing news films
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- now and then — occasionally
- off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
- off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
- on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- show the way — guide
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- st. matthews — a town in N Kentucky.
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- take a whizz — to urinate
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- team up with — join forces with
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies