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16-letter words containing w, a, l, h

  • luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • mauchly, john w. — John Mauchly
  • molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
  • multi-way branch — switch statement
  • new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
  • new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
  • new philadelphia — a city in E Ohio.
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • overhead railway — elevated railroad.
  • philip of swabia — 1180?–1208, king of Germany and uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1208 (son of Frederick I).
  • phillis wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
  • place of worship — religious house: church, temple
  • rear-wheel drive — a layout in motor vehicles which places the engine at the front and the driven wheels at the rear
  • sandwich islands — the Hawaiian Islands
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • spanish windlass — a stick used as a device for twisting and tightening a rope or cable
  • swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
  • swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
  • the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
  • the little woman — one's wife
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
  • the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
  • throw for a loop — a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
  • throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • up with the lark — up early in the morning
  • vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • walk the streets — to be a prostitute
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • way of all flesh — a novel (1903) by Samuel Butler.
  • way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
  • well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
  • whatchamacallits — Plural form of whatchamacallit.
  • wheel animalcule — a rotifer.
  • wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • whiptail wallaby — a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • white water lily — any water lily of the genus Nymphaea, especially N. odorata, having fragrant, white flowers.
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
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