16-letter words containing w, h, a, r, e
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- watson-wentworth — Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham [rok-ing-uh m] /ˈrɒk ɪŋ əm/ (Show IPA), 1730–82, British statesman: prime minister 1765–66, 1782.
- way of the cross — stations of the cross.
- way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- weather forecast — meteorological prediction
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
- wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- 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.
- wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
- worth one's salt — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)