14-letter words containing h, o, n, e, w, r
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
- whether or not — no matter if, even if
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.