14-letter words containing w, a, r, e, h
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- test the water — If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
- the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
- the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
- theater of war — the entire area in which ground, sea, and air forces may become directly employed in war operations, including the theater of operations and the zone of interior.
- theatre of war — the area of air, sea and land that is directly involved in war
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
- to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.