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13-letter words containing t, i, h, w

  • nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
  • niklaus wirth — (person)   The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
  • off with you! — go away! depart!
  • on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
  • on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • packet switch — packet switching
  • palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
  • right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
  • right-to-work — of or relating to the right of workers to gain or keep employment whether or not they belong to a labor union.
  • run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shooting-down — fatal shooting
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
  • sit well with — to be agreeable to
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • straight away — immediately
  • suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • 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
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the whole kit — everything or everybody
  • third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
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