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17-letter words containing o, h, w

  • a fly on the wall — If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall in a situation that does not involve you, you mean that you would like to see or hear what happens in that situation.
  • a hard row to hoe — If you say that someone has a hard row to hoe or a tough row to hoe, you mean that they are in a difficult situation and have many problems to deal with.
  • agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
  • all-weather court — a tennis court suitable to be used in all kinds of weather
  • almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • as who should say — as if one should say
  • at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
  • babe in the woods — a baby or child.
  • barchester towers — a novel (1857) by Anthony Trollope.
  • be out of the way — When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.
  • blow hot and cold — to vacillate
  • boatswain's chair — a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging
  • boiler horsepower — a unit of measurement of the ability of a boiler to evaporate water, usually given as the ability to evaporate 34½ pounds (15.6 kg) of water an hour, into dry saturated steam from and at 212°F (100°C).
  • broad-winged hawk — an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • broken white line — a regular, discontinuous white line on a roadway, indicating that overtaking is permitted
  • bull of the woods — the foreman of a logging operation.
  • bury the tomahawk — to stop fighting; make peace
  • charles henry dowCharles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
  • charles townshendCharles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • cromwellian chair — an upright oaken chair, often with arms, having all pieces turned and a seat and back panel of leather or cloth attached with brass-headed nails.
  • dead to the world — unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
  • deepwater horizon — an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles (64km) south-east off the coast of Louisiana, that suffered a massive oil spill following an explosion in April 2010
  • do your own thing — If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
  • dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
  • down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
  • down the plughole — If you say that something has gone down the plughole, you mean that it has failed or has been lost or wasted.
  • down-at-the-heels — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • down-in-the-mouth — glum
  • drawn-thread work — ornamental needlework done by drawing threads out of the fabric and using the remaining threads to form lacelike patterns
  • drive to the wall — to force into an awkward situation
  • eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
  • edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
  • ethernet meltdown — A network meltdown on Ethernet.
  • fish out of water — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
  • flower-of-an-hour — a malvaceous Old World herbaceous plant, Hibiscus trionum, having pale yellow flowers with a bladder-like calyx
  • follow the hounds — to hunt a fox, etc. on horseback with hounds
  • follow the leader — a child's game in which players, one behind the other, follow a leader and must repeat or follow everything he or she does.
  • for all the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
  • freight forwarder — a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
  • front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
  • furbish lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
  • george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • george whitefieldGeorge, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.

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