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11-letter words containing h, e, a, t, w

  • 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.
  • hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
  • home waters — territorial waters
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
  • makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • 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
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • 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.
  • roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
  • sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
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