11-letter words containing h, a, w, e
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heart-water — a tick-borne disease of cattle, sheep, and goats characterized by fluid accumulation in the pericardial sac. It is caused by the organism Rickettsia ruminantium
- heart-whole — not in love.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- heavy water — water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, used chiefly as a coolant in nuclear reactors.
- heavyweight — heavy in weight.
- heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- hem and haw — the utterance or sound of “hem.”.
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- here we are — You say 'here we are' when you have just found something that you have been looking for.
- hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- home waters — territorial waters
- honey wagon — a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
- hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- hyper-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.
- 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.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- leatherwear — clothing and accessories made of leather.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- on the wane — If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
- or whatever — You say or whatever to refer generally to something else of the same kind as the thing or things that you have just mentioned.
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000