15-letter words containing w, e, i, h
- high-water mark — a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- hostile witness — a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
- in harness with — in cooperation with
- in keeping with — in conformity or accord with
- in the same way — similarly
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- jewish princess — JAP.
- 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
- keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- 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)
- light flyweight — an amateur boxer weighing not more than 48 kg (106 pounds)
- 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.
- make a hit with — to make a favourable impression on
- mechanical twin — a crystalline twin formed by the strain set up by an applied force.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- mid-heavyweight — a professional wrestler weighing 199–209 pounds (91–95 kg)
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- 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.
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- new high german — the High German language since c1500.
- new port richey — a town in central Florida.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- 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.
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- packet-switched — packet switching
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
- queen's highway — king's highway.
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- read-write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- read/write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- 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.