13-letter words containing w, h, a, r, e
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- know by heart — have memorized
- kwame nkrumah — Kwame [kwah-mee] /ˈkwɑ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lantern wheel — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
- lower chamber — lower house.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- periwig chair — a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.