11-letter words containing h, o, w
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pistol-whip — to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
- powder horn — a powder flask made from the horn of a cow or ox.
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
- ship of war — warship.
- shittimwood — the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia
- shop window — storefront display
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- show around — guide round a new place
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- show window — a display window in a store.
- shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
- shower room — a room which contains a shower
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
- showing-off — behaviour designed to impress people