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13-letter words containing w, i, s, h

  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • how's tricks? — how are you?
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • i'll show you — You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.
  • in harm's way — If someone is put in harm's way, they are caused to be in a dangerous situation.
  • irish whiskey — any whiskey made in Ireland, characteristically a product of barley.
  • isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
  • know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
  • machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
  • master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
  • matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
  • medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
  • microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • might as well — have no reason not to
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
  • new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
  • new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
  • newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • niklaus wirth — (person)   The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
  • nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
  • on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • packet switch — packet switching
  • paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
  • shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
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