14-letter words containing w, h, o
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
- feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
- follow through — the act of following.
- follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- growth hormone — any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbreviation: GH.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- have a down on — to bear ill will towards (someone or something)
- hawaiian goose — nene.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hell on wheels — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
- home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
- homeward bound — going home
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying