13-letter words containing s, h, o, w
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- well-schooled — having been trained or educated sufficiently, as in a school
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wholesomeness — The state of being wholesome.
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
- wishbone boom — a boom on a sailboard having two arms that are joined at the mast and at the foot of the sail. The windsurfer holds onto it for support and to steer the sailboard
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- with knobs on — in an extreme or more emphatic way
- within bounds — not beyond limits
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- without cease — without stopping; incessantly
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- worthlessness — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.