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14-letter words containing n, e, t, h, r, w

  • out of nowhere — unexpectedly
  • 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.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • 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.
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
  • southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • 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.
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
  • under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • 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
  • weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
  • weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
  • western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
  • western sahara — a region in NW Africa on the Atlantic coast, bounded by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania: a former Spanish province comprising Río de Oro and Saguia el Hamra 1884–1976; divided between Morocco and Mauritania 1976; claimed entirely by Morocco 1979, but still under dispute. About 102,700 sq. mi. (266,000 sq. km).
  • western thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
  • 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
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • 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
  • 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.
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