13-letter words containing h, o, g, w
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- off 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.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- 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.
- right-to-work — of or relating to the right of workers to gain or keep employment whether or not they belong to a labor union.
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- 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 the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- together with — combined with
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- wood hedgehog — a pale buff basidiomycetous fungus, Hydnum repandum, found in broad-leaved woodlands having a spiny underside to the cap
- 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.
- work-furlough — work-release.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.