10-letter words containing h, a, w, i
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- 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.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hillwalker — a person who goes hillwalking
- hitherward — hither.
- in a while — a short time from now
- in a whirl — If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
- 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.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kitty hawk — a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.
- kowhaiwhai — a type of ornamental Māori art that uses elaborate scroll patterns
- lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
- 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.
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
- night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
- not a whit — You say not a whit or not one whit to emphasize that something is not the case at all.
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- right away — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- squauwmish — Squamish.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.