16-letter words containing w, e, t, h, r, s
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- walk the streets — to be a prostitute
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- ward christensen — (person) The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- watson-wentworth — Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham [rok-ing-uh m] /ˈrɒk ɪŋ əm/ (Show IPA), 1730–82, British statesman: prime minister 1765–66, 1782.
- way of the cross — stations of the cross.
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- weather forecast — meteorological prediction
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
- white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
- white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
- with due respect — with deserved esteem
- without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
- worth one's salt — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.