16-letter words containing i, l, w, s, h
- blow the whistle — to inform (on)
- chemical weapons — toxic chemicals used as weapons
- chinese snowball — a Chinese shrub, Viburnum macrocephalum, of the honeysuckle family, having scurfy, hairy twigs, hairy leaves, and white flowers in large, showy, globelike clusters.
- chinese windlass — differential windlass
- chinese wood oil — tung oil.
- clay-with-flints — a deposit of stiff clay containing unworn whole flints in the S England
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- hesitation waltz — a waltz based on the frequent use of a step that consists of a pause and glide.
- high-level waste — radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- it's all up with — there is no further hope for; the end is near for
- jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
- kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- let loose (with) — to set free or give out; release
- lewis and harris — the northernmost island of the Hebrides, in NW Scotland. 825 sq. mi. (2135 sq. km).
- lord howe island — an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- philip of swabia — 1180?–1208, king of Germany and uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1208 (son of Frederick I).
- phillis wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
- sandwich islands — the Hawaiian Islands
- spanish windlass — a stick used as a device for twisting and tightening a rope or cable
- swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
- sweeten the pill — If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
- the two sicilies — a former kingdom of S Italy, consisting of the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples (1061–1860)
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
- the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
- this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- whatchamacallits — Plural form of whatchamacallit.
- whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
- white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- white settlement — a town in N Texas.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
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