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17-letter words containing s, h, a, r, e, i

  • warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • weather satellite — meteorological satellite.
  • weather-resistant — resisting the effects of severe weather, as rain or cold: weather-resistant cloth for topcoats.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • william shoemakerWilliam Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
  • wimshurst machine — a device for the production of electric charge by electrostatic induction, consisting of two oppositely rotating glass or mica disks carrying metal strips upon which charges are induced and subsequently removed by contact with metallic combs.
  • windscreen washer — a small nozzle on the bonnet of a motor vehicle, from which jets of water are squirted electronically onto the windscreen to help clean it
  • wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
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