11-letter words containing h, a, w, i
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hawaii time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- 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.
- hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- i know what — I have an idea
- 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.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- 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
- mu'awiyah i — ?602–680 ad, first caliph (661–80) of the Omayyad dynasty of Damascus; regarded as having secularized the caliphate
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- 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.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.