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14-letter words containing w, h, e

  • out of nowhere — unexpectedly
  • out of the way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
  • out the window — discarded or wasted
  • out-of-the-way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
  • overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paddle-wheeler — a steamboat propelled by a paddle wheel
  • paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • phillips screw — a screw having a cruciform slot into which a screwdriver with a cruciform point (Phillips screwdriver (trademark)) fits
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
  • propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
  • quarter hollow — a deep cove or cavetto.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
  • rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • richard tawneyRichard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • roulette wheel — spinning part of roulette table
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • schoolies week — (in Australia) a week when large numbers of school leavers gather together for a holiday away from home after the end of their final exams
  • schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
  • search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • showplace home — a historic house
  • shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
  • south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
  • southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
  • southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
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