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15-letter words containing w, h, s

  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • white mountains — a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)
  • white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
  • wilhelm meister — a novel (1795–1829) by Goethe.
  • wilson's thrush — veery.
  • winchester disk — a hard disk that is permanently mounted in its unit.
  • window shopping — browsing store displays
  • winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
  • winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
  • wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
  • witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
  • with respect to — as regards
  • withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc
  • without reserve — without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
  • women's shelter — woman's refuge
  • worcester china — porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
  • wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.
  • yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
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