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13-letter words containing w, e, a, t, h, r

  • newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
  • night crawler — an earthworm.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
  • northeastward — the northeast.
  • northwestward — the northwest.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
  • ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • to the marrow — deeply
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
  • wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
  • water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
  • wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
  • weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
  • weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
  • weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
  • weather radar — radar designed or suitable for use in detecting clouds and precipitation.
  • weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
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