10-letter words containing h, i, e, r, a
- tyrrhenian — of or relating to an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- uintathere — any hoofed North American mammal of the extinct genus Dinoceras, of the Eocene Epoch, having a massive body and three pairs of horns.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- unadhering — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
- unhireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- unravished — to rape (a woman).
- uriah heep — Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- viscachera — the burrow system of viscachas, which can extend up to 600 square metres, and has 4 to 30 entrances, some of which are big enough for a person to stand waist-deep
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washeteria — washateria.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
- wheelchair — a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
- whiggamore — one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents
- white amur — grass carp
- white area — an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted
- white bear — polar bear.
- white crab — ghost crab.
- white race — fair-skinned people
- whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
- whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
- whitepaper — Alternative spelling of white paper.
- whitewater — of or moving over or through rapids: whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wind shear — the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction.
- wirehaired — having coarse, stiff, wirelike hair.
- withdrawed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of withdraw.
- withdrawer — One who withdraws.
- wraithlike — an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
- wrathiness — the state of being very angry
- xerophagia — The eating of dry food.