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13-letter words containing w, e, h, o

  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
  • show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show-me state — Missouri2
  • shower screen — a shower panel
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • 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.
  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • sweet-toothed — having a strong liking for sweet foods
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the southwest — the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • the whole kit — everything or everybody
  • the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • throw someone — 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.
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
  • to the marrow — deeply
  • together with — combined with
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
  • twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
  • twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
  • two penn'orth — During a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.
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