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16-letter words containing i, n, t, h, e, w

  • the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
  • the written word — writing rather than speaking
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • ward christensen — (person)   The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
  • water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
  • weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
  • western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
  • when it comes to — with regard to
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
  • 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.
  • wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
  • win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
  • wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
  • with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
  • with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
  • with clean hands — innocently
  • within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
  • without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.
  • woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).
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