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22-letter words containing w, h, e, n, r

  • to whom it may concern — salutation in a letter
  • twenty-third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1961, allowing District of Columbia residents to vote in presidential elections.
  • vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
  • war between the states — the American Civil War: used especially in the South.
  • wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
  • washington court house — a city in SW Ohio.
  • water under the bridge — If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
  • weigh anchor/up anchor — When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.
  • welsh springer spaniel — one of a Welsh breed of springer spaniels having a red and white coat.
  • what's the difference? — what does it matter?
  • where the shoe pinches — the source of trouble, grief, difficulty, etc.
  • william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • windsor and maidenhead — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
  • with all the trimmings — if you say that something comes with all the trimmings, you mean that it has many extra things added to it to make it more special
  • within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
  • wolfram research, inc. — (company)   The company founded by Stephen Wolfram in August 1987 to develop Mathematica which was released in June 1988 for the Macintosh and is now available on over 20 platforms. The company has offices in the United Kingdom and Tokyo, Japan. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • wolfram von eschenbach — c1170–c1220, German poet.
  • wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
  • your neck of the woods — Someone or something that is from your neck of the woods is from the same part of the country as you are.
  • zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.
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