13-letter words containing w, h, o, r
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
- wool merchant — a dealer in wool
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- word of honor — a pledge of one's honor that a specified condition, bargain, etc., will be fulfilled; oath; promise.
- word of mouth — informal oral communication: The rumor spread rapidly by word of mouth.
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- work-furlough — work-release.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- worthlessness — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
- yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
- yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.