13-letter words containing t, i, h, w
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- together with — combined with
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- twenty-eighth — next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
- warning light — a light that indicates danger
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- weigh in with — to introduce or contribute (an idea or opinion) to a discussion, argument, etc.
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- what you will — whatever you like
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- whistle dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- whistle-dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.