12-letter words containing w, a, r, t, h
- news theatre — a cinema that specialized in showing news films
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- quartz watch — a watch that is operated by the vibrations of a quartz crystal controlled by a microcircuit
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- scram switch — (jargon) (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightways — in a direct course
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
- thitherwards — in that direction
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
- wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water hammer — the concussion and accompanying noise that result when a volume of water moving in a pipe suddenly stops or loses momentum.
- water heater — a household appliance consisting of a gas or electric heating unit under a tank in which water is heated and stored.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
- water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish