19-letter words containing w, e, t

to be going on with — If you say that something is enough to be going on with, you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment, although you will need something better at some time in the future.
to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
to blow a raspberry — If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone.
to blow the whistle — If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening.
to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
to have it off/away — To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them.
to lay down the law — If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.
to leave well alone — If someone tells you to leave well alone, they are telling you not to interfere in something, because it is all right as it is and you might only make it worse.
to let someone know — If you let someone know something, you tell them about it or make sure that they know about it.
to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
to pull your weight — If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.
to wet your whistle — To wet your whistle means to have a drink.
toot one's own horn — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
twenty-six counties — the counties of the Republic of Ireland
twist someone's arm — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
up against the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
value added network — (networking) (VAN) A privately owned network that provides a specific service, such as legal research or access to a specialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Network usually offers some service or information that is not readily available on public networks. A Value Added Network's customers typically purchase leased lines that connect them to the network or they use a dial-up number, given by the network owner, to gain access to the network.
wade-giles (system) — a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979
wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
wassermann reaction — a diagnostic test for syphilis using the fixation of a complement by the serum of a syphilitic individual.
waste disposal unit — an electrically operated fitment in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it goes down the waste pipe
waste heat recovery — the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air
waste not, want not — The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it.
watch night service — a service held on the night of December 24, or of December 31
waterglass painting — stereochromy.
wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
welsh mountain pony — a small sturdy but graceful breed of pony used mostly for riding, originally from Wales
wesleyan methodists — a branch of the Methodist Church in its original form
west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
western yellow pine — ponderosa pine.
wet behind the ears — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
what possessed you? — If you ask what possessed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous.
whistle in the dark — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
whistle in the wind — If you describe someone as whistling in the wind, you mean that they are trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed.
white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
white-handed gibbon — a gibbon, Hylobates lar, inhabiting Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and northern Sumatra, varying from black to light buff in color, and having white hands and feet: an endangered species.
white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
whorled loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)

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