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10-letter words containing h, o, t, w

  • overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • owlet moth — noctuid (def 1).
  • pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
  • pitchwoman — a female pitchman
  • pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
  • poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
  • pro-growth — favoring or advocating the commercial development or exploitation of land and other natural resources, especially with minimal government restriction and regulation.
  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
  • schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
  • shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
  • sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
  • shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
  • shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • shortsword — a short-bladed sword
  • shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
  • shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
  • show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
  • showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
  • shower tea — kitchen tea.
  • slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
  • slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
  • slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
  • snow-broth — melted snow.
  • snow-white — white as snow.
  • soft wheat — a wheat characterized by soft, starchy kernels that yield a flour used in making pastry, breakfast cereals, etc.
  • solo whist — a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven specified bids.
  • south-west — The south-west is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
  • stitchwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
  • stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
  • strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
  • swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
  • sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • sweet shop — a store that sells candy.
  • sweet-shop — a store that sells candy.
  • swift moth — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
  • switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
  • switch off — the act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc.
  • switch-off — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
  • switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
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