12-letter words containing w, h, e
- planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
- power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
- power shower — a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prayer shawl — a tallith.
- prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- schoolfellow — a schoolmate.
- schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- show the way — guide
- show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- snow thrower — snow blower.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
- st. matthews — a town in N Kentucky.
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching