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13-letter words containing w, e, p, h

  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • two penn'orth — During a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.
  • twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
  • wah-wah pedal — a foot pedal attached to an electronic musical instrument, used to create a sound that simulates the sound made by a trumpet, cornet, etc, when the bell is alternately covered and uncovered
  • wappenshawing — (formerly) the reviewing of the men under arms in a Scottish lordship or district
  • weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
  • weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
  • weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
  • web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked
  • white crappie — See under crappie.
  • white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
  • white pudding — (in Britain) a kind of sausage made like black pudding but without pigs' blood
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
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