12-letter words containing t, i, h, w
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- hit the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in line with — conforming to
- in the white — (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- interwreathe — To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- inward light — Inner Light.
- keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep up with — go as fast
- king-whiting — northern kingfish.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- know-nothing — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-weight — light displacement.
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- meet up with — see socially
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing