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11-letter words containing h, a, t, w

  • parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
  • petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
  • scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
  • scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shanty town — ghetto, slum
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
  • south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • 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.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • storm watch — watch (def 20).
  • 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.
  • swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
  • 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)
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the new man — a type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing child care and housework
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • the welfare — the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
  • the wharves — the working area of a dock
  • the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
  • 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.
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