12-letter words containing w, h, e
- white-haired — having hair that is white.
- white-headed — white-haired (def 1).
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
- whittle down — To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole-hogger — a person who is whole-heartedly committed to something
- whole-length — extended to or having its entire length; not shortened or abridged: a whole-length report.
- whole-souled — wholehearted; hearty.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- whore-monger — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- whoremongers — Plural form of whoremonger.
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- wide-mouthed — having a wide mouth
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wilhelmina i — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
- william howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- wind machine — a machine used, esp in the theatre, to produce wind or the sound of wind
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- window shade — a shade or blind for a window, as a sheet of cloth or paper on a spring roller.
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- winter wheat — wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
- wisdom teeth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- wisenheimers — Plural form of wisenheimer.
- wishing well — a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.
- witch hobble — the hobblebush.
- with a … eye — in a … manner
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- withersoever — To wherever, to anywhere.
- withholdment — the act of withholding
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- within-named — that is named herein.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.