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11-letter words containing l, h, e, r

  • vowel-rhyme — resemblance of sounds.
  • ward heeler — a minor politician who canvasses voters and does other chores for a political machine or party boss.
  • water wheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
  • weatherable — able to withstand the effects of weather
  • weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
  • well-wisher — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
  • wellwishers — Plural form of wellwisher.
  • welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
  • weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
  • werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
  • whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
  • whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
  • wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
  • wheel brace — a tool used to loosen or tighten the nuts holding a vehicle's wheel in place
  • wheel cover — a fancy cover for the wheels of motor vehicles: larger than a hubcap
  • wheel horse — Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle.
  • wheelbarrow — a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
  • wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
  • wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
  • wheelwrightJohn, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
  • wherewithal — that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money: the wherewithal to pay my rent.
  • whiffletree — a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.
  • whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
  • whippletree — whiffletree.
  • whiskerless — Without whiskers.
  • whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • white alder — sweet pepperbush.
  • white alert — (in military or civilian defense) an all-clear signal, directive, etc., indicating that the danger of air raid no longer exists.
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • whitefeller — (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
  • whitleather — white leather.
  • whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
  • wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
  • wholesalers — Plural form of wholesaler.
  • willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
  • worshipless — lacking worship, not worshipped
  • worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
  • wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
  • xerophilous — Botany. growing in or adapted to dry, especially dry and hot, regions.
  • xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
  • xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
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