13-letter words containing w, e, h, o
- twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- 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.
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- 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-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- well-schooled — having been trained or educated sufficiently, as in a school
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- wheel of life — the symbol of the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whether or no — under any circumstances
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- white melilot — a Eurasian plant, Melilotus alba, of the legume family, naturalized in the U.S., having white flowers.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wholesomeness — The state of being wholesome.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- wishbone boom — a boom on a sailboard having two arms that are joined at the mast and at the foot of the sail. The windsurfer holds onto it for support and to steer the sailboard
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.