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12-letter words containing h, o, n, e, w

  • northwestnet — (NWNET) Kochmer, J., and NorthWestNet, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNets Guide to Our World Online", NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992.
  • noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • now and then — occasionally
  • nowhere near — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
  • off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
  • on 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.
  • on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • on the whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
  • one-man show — a show with only one performer
  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • pelton wheel — a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • snow thrower — snow blower.
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
  • tone in with — to harmonize with
  • underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
  • unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
  • unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
  • unoverthrown — not overthrown
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
  • unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
  • walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
  • warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
  • weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
  • weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
  • weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
  • weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
  • west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
  • whencesoever — From whatever place or source.
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