12-letter words containing t, o, h, w

hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
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.
hotel worker — a person who works in the hotel industry
in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
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.
interwrought — having been interworked
know-nothing — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
network, the — 1. (jargon, networking) (Or "the net") The union of all the major noncommercial, academic and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet, the old ARPANET, NSFnet, BITNET, and the virtual UUCP and Usenet "networks", plus the corporate in-house networks and commercial time-sharing services (such as CompuServe) that gateway to them. A site was generally considered "on the network" if it could be reached by electronic mail through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) and UUCP (bang-path) addresses. Since the explosion of the Internet in the mid 1990s, the term is now synonymous with the Internet. See network address. 2. (body) A fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Schrödinger's Cat", to which many hackers have subsequently decided they belong (this is an example of ha ha only serious).
new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
new theology — a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.
northwestern — Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
northwesters — Plural form of northwester.
northwestnet — (NWNET) Kochmer, J., and NorthWestNet, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNets Guide to Our World Online", NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992.
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.
now and then — occasionally
off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
on the whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
orthodox jew — a Jew who adheres faithfully to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism as evidenced chiefly by a devotion to and study of the Torah, daily synagogue attendance if possible, and strict observance of the Sabbath, religious festivals, holy days, and the dietary laws.
otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
overwithhold — to withhold too much.
owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
pelton wheel — a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
picture show — motion picture.
pillow fight — a mock fight in which participants thump each other with pillows
ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.

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