15-letter words containing w, h, e, l
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- the wherewithal — necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)
- the whole shoot — everything
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- wechsler scales — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-thought-of — highly esteemed; of good reputation: a well-thought-of scholar; This new book is well-thought-of.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- whalebone whale — any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
- wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- where one lives — in one's sensitive or defenceless position
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- white chocolate — a chocolate-type product made of milk and sugar that are cooked together until highly condensed and then mixed with cocoa butter.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white lightning — moonshine (def 1).
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- whitley council — any of a number of organizations made up of representatives of employees and employers for joint consultation on and settlement of industrial relations and conditions for a particular industry or service
- wilhelm meister — a novel (1795–1829) by Goethe.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
- women's shelter — woman's refuge
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.