12-letter words containing w, h, e, n, i
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- 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
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- swainishness — loutishness
- sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- tone in with — to harmonize with
- twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
- twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
- twenty-ninth — next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.
- twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
- whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.