12-letter words containing w, h, k
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take a whizz — to urinate
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
- thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- weak-hearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- what a lark! — how amusing!
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work through — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- you-know-who — a person whose name one does not want to say, but who is known to the person to whom one is speaking
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.