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13-letter words containing t, h, e, a, w

  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show-me state — Missouri2
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • to the marrow — deeply
  • toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
  • walk the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
  • wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
  • watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
  • wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
  • weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
  • weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
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