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14-letter words containing s, h, o, w

  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
  • straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
  • the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • thought shower — brainstorm
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
  • west-southwest — a point on the compass midway between west and southwest.
  • when it's done — (jargon)   A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • who needs sth? — You can say 'Who needs something?' as a way of emphasizing that you think that this thing is unnecessary or not useful.
  • whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • wild monkshood — a plant, Aconitum uncinatum, of the buttercup family, native to the eastern central U.S., having roundish leaves and hooded, blue flowers, growing in rich, moist soil.
  • wild west show — an entertainment, often as part of a circus, representing scenes and events from the early history of the western U.S. and displaying feats of marksmanship, horseback riding, rope twirling, and the like.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
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