10-letter words containing h, a, w, e
- tegakwitha — Tekakwitha
- tekakwitha — Kateri [kah-tuh-ree] /ˈkɑ tə ri/ (Show IPA), or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- theta wave — any of the brain waves constituting theta rhythm.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- trade show — show (def 22).
- tweetheart — a sweetheart on the Twitter website
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- unchewable — not able to be chewed; tough
- unhallowed — not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.
- unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- wanderjahr — a year or period of travel, especially following one's schooling and before practicing a profession.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washbasket — Alternative form of wash basket.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washeteria — washateria.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watch stem — a winder
- watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- water bath — a system for the control of temperature in which a vessel containing the material to be heated is set into or over one containing water and receiving the heat directly.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- water-bath — a system for the control of temperature in which a vessel containing the material to be heated is set into or over one containing water and receiving the heat directly.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- waterwheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
- wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
- waxahachie — a city in NE central Texas.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- wealth tax — a tax on personal property; capital levy