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10-letter words containing o, h, w

  • red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • rhone wine — any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhone River valley, between Lyons and the Mediterranean.
  • roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
  • rough work — a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc
  • rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
  • rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
  • schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
  • schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
  • schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • shadow box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
  • shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
  • shadow-box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
  • 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
  • shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
  • shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • 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.
  • shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
  • shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
  • 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 a leg — to get up in the morning
  • show house — theater (def 1).
  • 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.
  • show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
  • showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
  • showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
  • shower gel — liquid soap product
  • shower tea — kitchen tea.
  • showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • showerless — without showers; rain-free
  • showground — outdoor events venue
  • shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
  • shrewmouse — a shrew.
  • slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
  • slow coach — a slowpoke.
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