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12-letter words containing w, h, e, l, a

  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • meet halfway — to compromise with
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
  • off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
  • off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
  • paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
  • paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • prayer shawl — a tallith.
  • prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
  • walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
  • wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
  • wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
  • washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
  • watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
  • weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
  • weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
  • weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
  • webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
  • well-behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
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