9-letter words containing h, e, w, l
- waterhole — A depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals regularly drink.
- wealthier — Comparative form of wealthy.
- wealthily — In a wealthy way.
- weatherly — (of a ship or boat) making very little leeway when close-hauled.
- weep hole — a hole in a sill, retaining wall, or the like for draining off accumulated moisture, as from condensation or seepage.
- weighable — Heavy enough to be weighed.
- weightily — In a weighty manner; ponderously; forcibly.
- well hung — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- well-hole — the shaft of a well.
- well-hung — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- well-nigh — very nearly; almost: It's well-nigh bedtime.
- well-shod — a simple past tense and past participle of shoe.
- wellheads — Plural form of wellhead.
- wellhouse — wellhead (def 2).
- welsh cob — any of a breed of medium-sized riding horse, developed in Wales, with a thickset body and relatively short legs
- whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles.
- whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
- wheatland — a region where wheat is grown
- wheatless — without wheat
- wheatmeal — a brown flour intermediate between white flour and wholemeal flour
- wheedling — to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- wheel bug — an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.
- wheel man — Also, wheelsman [hweelz-muh n, weel-] /ˈʰwilz mən, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA). a helmsman or steersman.
- wheel nut — A wheel nut is a nut which attaches the wheel of a vehicle to its hub.
- wheelbase — the distance from the center of the front-wheel spindle to the center of the rear-wheel axle.
- wheelings — Plural form of wheeling.
- wheelless — Lacking wheels, without wheels.
- wheelsets — Plural form of wheelset.
- wheelspin — the spinning of a wheel, especially that of a drive wheel of a powered vehicle that has poor traction.
- wheelwork — a train of gears, as in a timepiece.
- whelpless — without a whelp
- whifflery — frivolity
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whistlers — Plural form of whistler.
- white lie — a minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib.
- white owl — snowy owl
- whitehall — Also called Whitehall Palace. a former palace in central London, England, originally built in the reign of Henry III: execution of Charles I, 1649.
- whiteline — codline.
- whitelist — a list of novels, motion pictures, etc., deemed suitable for juveniles, members of a particular faith, or other specified groups of individuals.
- whitetail — A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- whitewall — a rubber tire for an automobile, bicycle, etc., whose sidewall is colored white.
- whole hog — the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)
- whole-hog — complete and thorough; wholehearted.
- wholefood — food with little or no refining or processing and containing no artificial additives or preservatives; natural or organic food.
- wholemeal — whole-wheat.
- wholeness — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- wholesale — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).