13-letter words containing w, e, t, h, r
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- the last word — final retort
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
- the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- three-wheeler — a vehicle equipped with three wheels, as a tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, or some small, experimental, or early-model cars.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- to the marrow — deeply
- together with — combined with
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- 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
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
- weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
- weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather radar — radar designed or suitable for use in detecting clouds and precipitation.