13-letter words containing w, h, e, t
- down the line — complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
- down the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- down the tube — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- down to earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
- down-the-line — complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
- down-to-earth — practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
- downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
- father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.
- featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- flutter wheel — a waterwheel at the bottom of a chute, turned by the falling water.
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- for the worse — into a less desirable or inferior state or condition
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- george wither — George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
- get somewhere — to make progress
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- help off with — If you help someone off with an item of clothing, you help them take it off.
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- horror writer — a writer of horror fiction or horror stories
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
- into the wind — against the wind or upwind
- isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates