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14-letter words containing h, o, r, n, w

  • out of nowhere — unexpectedly
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
  • 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
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • 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.
  • throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • 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
  • win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
  • 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
  • word of honour — a promise; oath
  • world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
  • 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
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