12-letter words containing w, h, i, s
- acid washing — a process in which a denim garment is treated with a bleach solution containing chlorine-soaked stones so that the color becomes faded and the material is softer.
- athwartships — from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- basic weight — basis weight.
- basis weight — the weight in pounds of a ream of paper of a basic size, usually 25 × 38 inches (63 × 96 cm) for book stock, 17 × 22 inches (43 × 55 cm) for writing stock, and 20 × 26 inches (50 × 66 cm) for cover stock.
- bellows fish — snipefish.
- berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
- best in show — an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- chickasawhay — a river in SE Mississippi, flowing S to the Pascagoula River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- 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
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- fashion show — a show in which models display clothes to prospective buyers
- 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.
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- french twist — French roll.
- ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
- ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hero-worship — to feel or express hero worship for.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
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