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12-letter words containing w, h

  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
  • sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • st. matthews — a town in N Kentucky.
  • stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
  • sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
  • stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
  • superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
  • swainishness — loutishness
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • take a whizz — to urinate
  • take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • team up with — join forces with
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
  • the new wave — a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • the wop-wops — the backblocks; the back of beyond
  • thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
  • thirty-twomo — a book size of about 3¼ × 5½ inches (8.3 × 14 cm), determined by printing on sheets that are folded to form 32 leaves or 64 pages. Symbol: 32mo, 32°.
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • thoroughwort — boneset.
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