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13-letter words containing h, e, w

  • chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
  • chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimney wheel — smokejack.
  • chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints
  • chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
  • chrome yellow — any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
  • clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
  • codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
  • come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
  • come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
  • complete with — If one thing comes complete with another, it has that thing as an extra or additional part.
  • cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
  • coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
  • cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
  • death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
  • devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
  • dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
  • dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
  • disfellowship — (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.
  • dispense with — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
  • double whammy — twofold misfortune
  • down the line — complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
  • down the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
  • down the tube — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • down to earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
  • down-the-line — complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
  • down-to-earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
  • downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
  • driving wheel — Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
  • father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.
  • featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
  • fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
  • fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
  • finback whale — rorqual
  • fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
  • flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
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