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10-letter words containing h, i, g, w

  • right-wing — members of a conservative or reactionary political party, or those opposing extensive political reform.
  • rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
  • sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
  • shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
  • showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
  • switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
  • tegakwitha — Tekakwitha
  • unweighing — not weighing or considering; thoughtless
  • unweighted — not burdened or encumbered with a heavy load or with mental or emotional matters, problems, etc.
  • wainwright — Jonathan Mayhew [mey-hyoo] /ˈmeɪ hyu/ (Show IPA), 1883–1953, U.S. general.
  • waist-high — extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
  • wall light — lamp set into or hung from a wall
  • walsinghamSir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
  • 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.
  • warfighter — A soldier in combat.
  • washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
  • washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
  • 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.
  • weeknights — Plural form of weeknight.
  • weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
  • weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
  • weight man — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
  • weightiest — Superlative form of weighty.
  • weightings — Plural form of weighting.
  • weightless — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
  • weightloss — (uncountable) The loss of bodily weight.
  • weightroom — an exercise room with weightlifting equipment.
  • wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
  • wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
  • whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
  • whickering — to whinny; neigh.
  • whiggamore — one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents
  • whimpering — Present participle of whimper.
  • whing-ding — wing-ding.
  • whip graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.
  • whippeting — the sport of racing whippets
  • whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
  • whirligigs — Plural form of whirligig.
  • whirlingly — With a whirling motion.
  • whiskering — (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a
  • whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
  • white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
  • white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
  • white lung — asbestosis.
  • white sage — Also called greasewood. a shrubby plant, Salvia apiana, of the mint family, native to southern California, having white, hairy foliage and spikes of white or pale lavender flowers.
  • whittlings — the act of a person who whittles.
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