13-letter words containing w, h, e, t, r
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherbeaten — Alternative spelling of weather-beaten.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- western ghats — a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- whale catcher — a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- whether or no — under any circumstances
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white crappie — See under crappie.
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
- white leather — leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- white settler — a well-off incomer to a district who takes advantage of what it has to offer without regard to the local inhabitants
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
- white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- white-livered — lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
- winter cherry — Also called Chinese lantern plant. a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
- with interest — plus money owed