12-letter words containing w, h, e
- cheese straw — a long thin cheese-flavoured strip of pastry
- chew the cud — to reflect or think over something
- chew the fat — If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
- chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
- chicken hawk — any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl
- chicken wire — Chicken wire is a type of thin wire netting.
- chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
- chip jewelry — (jargon) A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
- chowderheads — Plural form of chowderhead.
- churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
- clam chowder — chowder containing clams
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- crowned head — a monarch
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- escape wheel — moving part of a timepiece
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- fair-weather — used in or intended for fair weather only.
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- four-wheeler — a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.
- fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.