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13-letter words containing w, i, t, h, r, e

  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
  • together with — combined with
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
  • 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.
  • weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
  • weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
  • weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
  • weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • white arsenic — arsenous acid
  • white crappie — See under crappie.
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
  • white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
  • white leather — leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.
  • 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 truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
  • white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
  • white-livered — lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
  • whithersoever — Wherever.
  • whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
  • wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
  • winter cherry — Also called Chinese lantern plant. a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
  • 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.
  • witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
  • with interest — plus money owed
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
  • without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
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