13-letter words containing w, h, a, t, o
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- what about/of — You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
- what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- what you will — whatever you like
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- withlacoochee — a river in central Florida, flowingN and W to the Gulf of Mexico. 160 miles (257 km) long.
- without cease — without stopping; incessantly
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
- wood hyacinth — bluebell (def 2).
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.
- you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify