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19-letter words containing w, h

  • (down) in the dumps — in low spirits; depressed
  • a shadow of a doubt — If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
  • a slap on the wrist — A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.
  • a straw in the wind — an indication of what may happen
  • aldridge-brownhills — a town in central England, in Walsall unitary authority, West Midlands: formed by the amalgamation of neighbouring towns in 1966. Pop: 35 525 (2001)
  • alternative pathway — the activation of complement by contact with polysaccharides on bacteria, protozoa, or yeast cells: a nonspecific immune response. Compare classical pathway.
  • answerphone message — a pre-recorded message that is left on an answering machine, usually inviting callers to leave a message
  • arkwright furniture — late medieval English furniture of simple construction.
  • balsam woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • beat someone hollow — to defeat someone thoroughly and convincingly
  • blow one's own horn — If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself.
  • blow the gaffe/gaff — If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
  • blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • british west africa — the former British possessions of Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast, and the former trust territories of Togoland and Cameroons
  • british west indies — a former name for the states in the Caribbean that are members of the Commonwealth: the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; along with the islands which remain as United Kingdom dependencies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands
  • cash-flow statement — a financial statement that shows a company's cash disbursements and receipts over a given period
  • cast one's lot with — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
  • chemical weathering — any of the various weathering processes that cause exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition, changing the chemical and mineralogical composition of the rock: Oxygen and acids are agents in chemical weathering.
  • chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
  • come into the world — to be born
  • credit someone with — to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone
  • daisy-wheel printer — a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
  • data link switching — (networking)   (DLSw) A standard for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet protocol network. Initially, in 1992, DLSw was proprietary to IBM. It was submitted to the IETF as RFC 1434 in 1993, later updated by RFC 1795.
  • deaf without speech — (usually of a prelingually deaf person) able to utter sounds but not speak
  • dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
  • draw in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
  • draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
  • draw the curtain on — to end
  • dwight d eisenhowerDwight David ("Ike") 1890–1969, U.S. general and statesman: Chief of Staff 1945–48; 34th president of the U.S. 1953–61.
  • fair-weather friend — a person who cannot be relied on in situations of hardship or difficulty
  • fall by the wayside — to cease or fail to continue doing something
  • fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
  • feather-duster worm — any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration.
  • fifth-wheel trailer — a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane.
  • finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
  • five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
  • for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
  • for what it's worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
  • giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
  • give sb the willies — If someone or something gives you the willies, they make you feel nervous or frightened.
  • go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
  • goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
  • graphic workstation — (graphics, computer)   A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
  • grasshopper sparrow — a brown and white North American sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, having a buffy breast and a buzzing insectlike song.
  • grasshopper warbler — a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
  • great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
  • greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.

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