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11-letter words containing e, t, h, l, w

  • westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
  • whale watch — trip to observe sea mammals
  • what a life — People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties.
  • wheat field — area of land where wheat is cultivated
  • wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
  • wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
  • wheelwrightJohn, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
  • wherewithal — that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money: the wherewithal to pay my rent.
  • whiffletree — a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.
  • whip-tailed — having a long, slender tail like a whip.
  • whippletree — whiffletree.
  • whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • whistle pig — a woodchuck.
  • whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
  • whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • white alder — sweet pepperbush.
  • white alert — (in military or civilian defense) an all-clear signal, directive, etc., indicating that the danger of air raid no longer exists.
  • white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • white light — light perceived by the eye as having the same color as sunlight at noon.
  • white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
  • white metal — any of various light-colored alloys, as Babbitt metal or Britannia metal.
  • white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
  • white volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
  • white whale — beluga (def 2).
  • white-glove — meticulous; painstaking; minute: a white-glove inspection.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • whitefeller — (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
  • whitleather — white leather.
  • whitley bay — a resort in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, on the North Sea. Pop: 36 544 (2001)
  • whole cloth — pure fabrication: fiction, invention
  • whole-wheat — prepared with the complete wheat kernel.
  • wholesomest — Superlative form of wholesome.
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
  • yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.
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