12-letter words containing o, r, e, h, a
- tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- van der rohe — Ludwig Mies [luhd-wig meez,, mees] /ˈlʌd wɪg miz,, mis/ (Show IPA), Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrong-headed — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body
- zoochlorella — any of various symbiotic green algae in the cytoplasm of certain freshwater invertebrates, as stentors and hydras.
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.