16-letter words containing w, h, a, i
- the little woman — one's wife
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
- 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.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- 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
- washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
- washington thorn — a dense tree, Crataegus phaenopyrum, of the rose family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having triangular leaves, small clusters of white flowers, and clusters of bright red fruit.
- washington, d. c — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washington, d.c. — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- watch this space — Journalists write 'Watch this space' in order to indicate in an informal way that they will be giving more information about something in the future.
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- weighing machine — large measuring scales
- weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- whatchamacallits — Plural form of whatchamacallit.
- wheel animalcule — a rotifer.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- whiptail wallaby — a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail
- white as a sheet — pale: from shock, fright, etc.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- white water lily — any water lily of the genus Nymphaea, especially N. odorata, having fragrant, white flowers.
- white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
- whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- william hamilton — (person) A mathematician who posed Hamilton's problem.
- win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
- windowpane shell — capiz.
- wipe off the map — to put out of existence
- witches' sabbath — Sabbat.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
- with a high hand — with arrogance; in an arbitrary or dictatorial manner
- with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
- with clean hands — innocently
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.