15-letter words containing h, o, d, e, w
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- the donkey work — difficult, boring, or routine work
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
- the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- to chew the cud — When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly-digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it.
- to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.