14-letter words containing w, h, n
- throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- 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.
- trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
- turn the screw — to increase the pressure
- twenty-seventh — next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
- ulrich zwingli — Ulrich [oo l-rikh] /ˈʊl rɪx/ (Show IPA), or Huldreich [hoo l-drahykh] /ˈhʊl draɪx/ (Show IPA), 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.
- 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
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- wang ching-wei — 1883–1944, Chinese political leader.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- watch and ward — a continuous watch or vigil, by or as by night and by day, especially for the purpose of guarding.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- 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
- weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
- weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
- weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
- western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
- western sahara — a region in NW Africa on the Atlantic coast, bounded by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania: a former Spanish province comprising Río de Oro and Saguia el Hamra 1884–1976; divided between Morocco and Mauritania 1976; claimed entirely by Morocco 1979, but still under dispute. About 102,700 sq. mi. (266,000 sq. km).
- western thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.