13-letter words containing w, h, u
- mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mushroom town — a town that has grown very quickly
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- off with you! — go away! depart!
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- pipiwharauroa — a Pacific migratory bird with a metallic green-gold plumage
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- run away with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
- the southwest — the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather