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

  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • go on the swag — to become a tramp
  • go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
  • growth hormone — any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbreviation: GH.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
  • harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
  • have a down on — to bear ill will towards (someone or something)
  • hawaiian goose — nene.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • hell on wheels — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
  • hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
  • hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
  • home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
  • homeward bound — going home
  • homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
  • hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
  • horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
  • household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
  • in other words — that is to say
  • in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
  • know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • know the score — understand the situation
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • low technology — any technology utilizing equipment and production techniques that are relatively unsophisticated (opposed to high technology).
  • low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • mowing machine — a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.
  • mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
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