11-letter words containing h, a, i, r, w
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- ship of war — warship.
- shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
- straightway — straightaway.
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
- swiss chard — chard.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
- warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- warriorhood — The state of being a warrior.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- water right — the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- weatherized — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherize.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheat ridge — a town in central Colorado, near Denver.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- wherewithal — that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money: the wherewithal to pay my rent.
- whidah bird — any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus Vidua and related genera, the males of which grow very long tail feathers in the breeding season
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- 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.