17-letter words containing w, h, e, n, o
- windowglass shell — capiz.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- winter heliotrope — a creeping perennial, Petasites fragrans, related to the butterbur, having lilac to heliotrope-coloured flowers smelling of vanilla: found chiefly on road verges
- wish someone well — to wish success or good fortune for someone
- without exception — all included
- woman of the hour — a woman honored by a group.
- wooden-headedness — thick-headed, dull; stupid.
- woolly rhinoceros — an extinct rhinoceros; Coelodonta antiquitatis
- world without end — for ever
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
- worth one's while — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
- write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on