13-letter words containing w, i, s, h
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- well-finished — ended or completed.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
- welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- whistle dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- whistle-dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- white settler — a well-off incomer to a district who takes advantage of what it has to offer without regard to the local inhabitants
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- whitefish bay — a city in SE Wisconsin, N of Milwaukee.
- whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
- whithersoever — Wherever.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- wing shooting — the act or practice of shooting at birds in flight.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- wishbone boom — a boom on a sailboard having two arms that are joined at the mast and at the foot of the sail. The windsurfer holds onto it for support and to steer the sailboard
- witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- with interest — plus money owed
- with knobs on — in an extreme or more emphatic way
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly