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.