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

  • new netherland — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • no matter what — whatever
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • quarter hollow — a deep cove or cavetto.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • 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.
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