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14-letter words containing w, h, i, t, e

  • the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
  • the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • the windy city — Chicago, Illinois
  • titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
  • to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
  • under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
  • watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
  • weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
  • weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • weight-watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
  • weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
  • welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
  • when it's done — (jargon)   A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
  • white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
  • white sea bass — a large weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, occurring along the Pacific coast of North America and popular as a sport and food fish.
  • white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • whitewall tyre — a pneumatic tyre having white sidewalls
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
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