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12-letter words containing w, i, t, h, n

  • pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
  • smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
  • sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • tip the wink — to give a hint
  • tone in with — to harmonize with
  • twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
  • twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
  • twenty-ninth — next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.
  • twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
  • twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
  • uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
  • washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
  • watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
  • wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
  • weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
  • weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
  • west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
  • whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
  • whereagainst — against which
  • whipping top — a spinning top that is set going by striking it with a toy whip so that the lash curls around it before pulling it away quickly
  • white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
  • white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
  • white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
  • white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
  • white hunter — a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
  • white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
  • white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
  • white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
  • white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
  • white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
  • white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
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