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16-letter words containing wh

  • blow the whistle — to inform (on)
  • bog whortleberry — a plant, Vaccinium uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits
  • buckwheat family — the plant family Polygonaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, vines, shrubs, and trees having stems with swollen joints, simple leaves, small, petalless flowers, and fruit in the form of an achene, and including the buckwheat, dock, knotweed, rhubarb, sea grape, and smartweed.
  • chinese whispers — a game in which a message is passed on, in a whisper, by each of a number of people, so that the final version of the message is often radically changed from the original
  • cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
  • dick whittingtonRichard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • eighteen-wheeler — a tractor-trailer having eighteen wheels
  • federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
  • four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
  • go the whole hog — Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • in the meanwhile — until then, for now
  • john wheelwrightJohn, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
  • know what's what — to know how one thing or things in general work
  • northern whiting — northern kingfish.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • phillis wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
  • poor white trash — white trash.
  • rear-wheel drive — a layout in motor vehicles which places the engine at the front and the driven wheels at the rear
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
  • the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
  • what do you know — People sometimes say 'What do you know!' when they are very surprised about something.
  • what's the odds? — what difference does it make?
  • whatchamacallits — Plural form of whatchamacallit.
  • whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
  • wheel animalcule — a rotifer.
  • wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
  • wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • when it comes to — with regard to
  • whiptail wallaby — a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail
  • whirligig beetle — any of numerous aquatic beetles of the family Gyrinidae, commonly seen in groups circling about rapidly on the surface of the water.
  • whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
  • white as a sheet — pale: from shock, fright, etc.
  • white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
  • white globe lily — a bulbous Californian plant, Calochortus albus, of the lily family, having egg-shaped white flowers with a purplish base.
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • white settlement — a town in N Texas.
  • white water lily — any water lily of the genus Nymphaea, especially N. odorata, having fragrant, white flowers.
  • white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
  • white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
  • white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
  • wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.

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