13-letter words containing h, i, g, w, n
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- show signs of — indicate possibility of
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- twenty-eighth — next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
- wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
- warning light — a light that indicates danger
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
- weigh in with — to introduce or contribute (an idea or opinion) to a discussion, argument, etc.
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
- white wedding — A white wedding is a wedding where the bride wears white and the ceremony takes place in a church.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.