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19-letter words containing t, w, e, o, h

  • what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
  • what possessed you? — If you ask what possessed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous.
  • white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
  • white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
  • white-handed gibbon — a gibbon, Hylobates lar, inhabiting Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and northern Sumatra, varying from black to light buff in color, and having white hands and feet: an endangered species.
  • white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
  • whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
  • whorled loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
  • with the gloves off — (of a dispute, argument, etc) conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations
  • with your eyes open — If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.
  • withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
  • within one's rights — If you say that someone is within their rights to do something, you mean that they are morally or legally entitled to do it.
  • within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
  • without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.
  • woman in the street — the average woman: a new magazine for the woman in the street.
  • won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
  • work sb/os to death — If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.
  • world heritage site — a natural or manmade area or structure which is recognized as being of international importance and therefore deserving special protection
  • write-protect notch — a cut-out on a floppy disk that determines whether a disk is writable
  • writing on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
  • yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
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