14-letter words containing w, h, u
- 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
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- 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
- well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- well-scheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- 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-southwest — a point on the compass midway between west and southwest.
- western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- whole language — a method of teaching reading in which reading is combined with listening, speaking, and writing practice, and literature is used to decode words in context. Compare phonics (def 1).
- whooping cough — an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
- word of honour — a promise; oath
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.