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12-letter words containing t, i, h, w, a

  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • scram switch — (jargon)   (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • take a whizz — to urinate
  • take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • team up with — join forces with
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
  • variety show — vaudeville performance
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
  • washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
  • watchability — detectable; apparent.
  • watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
  • wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
  • weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
  • weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
  • weather tide — a tide moving against the direction of the wind.
  • weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
  • weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
  • weathertight — secure against wind, rain, etc.
  • weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
  • welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
  • welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
  • west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
  • west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
  • what is more — moreover, in addition
  • whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
  • what…do with — to put or place
  • wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
  • whereagainst — against which
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