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16-letter words containing w, e, t, h, r

  • luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
  • molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
  • muddy the waters — If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • northern whiting — northern kingfish.
  • northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
  • on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
  • one with another — on average
  • otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
  • poor white trash — white trash.
  • put to the sword — to kill with a sword or swords
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • round the wrekin — the long way round
  • schweizerdeutsch — Schwyzertütsch.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
  • sheet-web weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Linyphiidae, characterized by a closely woven, sheetlike web.
  • short sweetening — sugar.
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • showbiz reporter — a journalist who writes about the entertainment industry
  • showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
  • somehow or other — in an undetermined way
  • sooty shearwater — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
  • strawberry shrub — Carolina allspice
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • sweet pepperbush — a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
  • the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
  • the here and now — the present time
  • the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • the worried well — people who are healthy but are concerned about becoming ill and so take medication or see a medical practitioner when they don't need to
  • the written word — writing rather than speaking
  • the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
  • theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • throw oneself at — 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.
  • throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
  • 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.
  • up with the lark — up early in the morning
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • walk the streets — to be a prostitute
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
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