19-letter words containing o, h, w
- junior welterweight — a boxer weighing up to 140 pounds (63 kg), between lightweight and welterweight.
- know a thing or two — be experienced in sth
- know better than to — not to be so stupid as to
- let one's hair down — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- lie down on the job — to put forth less than one's best efforts
- locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
- long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
- menominee whitefish — round whitefish.
- mother-in-law plant — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
- nathaniel hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
- nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
- newtonian mechanics — the branch of mechanics that is based on Newton's laws of motion and that is applicable to systems that are so large that Planck's constant can be regarded as negligibly small (distinguished from quantum mechanics).
- nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- north new hyde park — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- north-northwesterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northwest
- north-west frontier — the area roughly equivalent to the present North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is the days of the British Raj was regarded as one of the most remote and dangerous outposts of the British Empire
- northwest ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.
- northwest territory — region north of the Ohio River, between Pa. & the Mississippi (established 1787): it now forms Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mich., Wis., & part of Minn.
- not worth a cracker — worthless; useless
- not worth a crumpet — utterly worthless
- off-highway vehicle — An off-highway vehicle is a vehicle, such as one used for construction or agriculture, that is intended for use on steep or uneven ground.
- okeechobee waterway — a waterway in S Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 155 miles (244 km) long.
- on top of the world — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- one way and another — on balance
- one's money's worth — full value for the money one has paid for something
- out at (the) elbows — shabby; poverty-stricken
- own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
- programmer's switch — (hardware) A button on the front of some Apple Macintosh computers which, when pressed, causes a command line prompt to appear. This gives access to the built-in mini-debugger, which has commands to dump memory, return to the application that was broken out, and others. A more sophisticated debugger must be installed in order to inspect breakpoints, etc.
- pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
- punch and judy show — A Punch and Judy show is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.
- punch-and-judy show — a puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
- ralph waldo emerson — Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
- research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
- sandwich generation — the generation of people still raising their children while having to care for their aging parents.
- sell down the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- sleepy hollow chair — an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
- smooth the path/way — If you smooth the path or smooth the way towards something, you make it easier or more likely to happen.
- so what else is new — not surprised
- so what, what of it — You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
- son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
- straight and narrow — the way of virtuous or proper conduct: After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow.
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- sweetheart contract — a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union workers.
- take it to the wire — to compete to the bitter end to win a competition or title
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.