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

housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
how come/how so — You ask 'How come?' or 'How so?' when you are surprised by something and are asking why it happened or was said.
how do you mean — If you say 'How do you mean?' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.
hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
john lewis list — a list used by clerks in the House of Commons to assess the amount that may reasonably be claimed for various items by Members of Parliament as living expenses
joint ownership — sharing of property
knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
level two cache — secondary cache
low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
low earth orbit — (communications) (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
low-cholesterol — containing little dietary cholesterol
meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
meals on wheels — a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.
mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
new port richey — a town in central Florida.
new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
norwich terrier — one of an English breed of small, short-legged terriers having a straight, wiry, red, gray, or black-and-tan coat, and erect ears that distinguish it from the Norfolk terrier.
on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
one-two (punch) — a sequence of two quick punches, esp. a jab with the left hand followed at once by a hard blow with the right
orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
out of the wood — clear of or safe from dangers or doubts
outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
personal growth — development as an individual
power macintosh — Power Mac
raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
research worker — investigative scientist
riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
round the twist — mad; eccentric
round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.

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