13-letter words containing w, e, l, h
- finback whale — rorqual
- flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flutter wheel — a waterwheel at the bottom of a chute, turned by the falling water.
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- free-wheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
- help off with — If you help someone off with an item of clothing, you help them take it off.
- hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hornswogglers — Plural form of hornswoggler.
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- hourly worker — an employee who is paid an hourly rate rather than a fixed salary
- howler monkey — Central American simian variety
- isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lantern wheel — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
- light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
- lockwood home — a house built of timber planks that lock together without the use of nails
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.