11-letter words containing n, o, w, h
- whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- 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.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- whoremonger — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- win through — succeed despite obstacles
- window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
- window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windowlight — windowpane (def 1).
- winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- withholding — to hold back; restrain or check.
- withindoors — into or inside the house.
- wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
- woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
- wonkishness — The state or condition of being wonkish.
- wooden shoe — sabot (def 1).
- wordishness — the use or manner of using words
- work-harden — to toughen or strengthen (a metal) by cold-working or another mechanical process.
- workbenches — Plural form of workbench.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worthington — a town in central Ohio.
- wrong thing — (jargon) A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
- wrongheaded — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
- yellowfinch — any of several tropical American finches of the genus Sicalis, most of which are bright yellow in color.
- yellowshins — Yellowlegs.