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

  • mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
  • mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
  • night crawler — an earthworm.
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
  • nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
  • niklaus wirth — (person)   The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
  • on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
  • on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
  • 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.
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • right-to-know — of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.
  • run away 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.
  • 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 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
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shooting-down — fatal shooting
  • show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
  • twenty-eighth — next after the twenty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 28.
  • twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
  • twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
  • unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
  • unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
  • unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
  • wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
  • warning light — a light that indicates danger
  • washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
  • watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
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