10-letter words containing h, a, w, e
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- have a cow — become angry or upset
- have a few — to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hawk's-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- head wound — a wound to the head
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaters — The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- heath wren — either of two ground-nesting warblers of southern Australia, Hylacola pyrrhopygia or H. cauta, noted for their song and their powers of mimicry
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- high water — water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hillwalker — a person who goes hillwalking
- hitherward — hither.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- hollowware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- hyperaware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- in a while — a short time from now
- in the raw — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- in the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- lead white — a poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness