10-letter words containing o, r, w, h
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- washboards — Plural form of washboard.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- weightroom — an exercise room with weightlifting equipment.
- wetterhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 12,149 feet (3715 meters).
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- wheelhorse — a person who works steadily or hard
- whensoever — Whenever; at any time at all.
- whereabout — whereabouts.
- wherefores — Plural form of wherefore.
- whether…or — if on the one hand…or even if on the other hand
- whiggamore — one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- whirlpools — Plural form of whirlpool.
- whiskbroom — A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
- whisperous — whispery.
- white rock — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, SE of Vancouver.
- white room — a room from which all contaminants have been eliminated and in which temperature, humidity, and pressure are controlled: used for assembly and repair of precision mechanisms, in preventing infection, etc.
- white rose — the emblem of the royal house of York.
- white work — needlework done in white on fine white cloth, especially linen.
- whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
- whitehorse — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- whole rest — a rest equivalent in duration to a whole note.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wholesaler — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wholesomer — Comparative form of wholesome.
- whomsoever — Used instead of “ whosoever ” as the object of a verb or preposition.
- whorehound — (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- whorehouse — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- whorl foot — French foot (def 1).
- wild horse — horse which is untamed
- willowherb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
- windhovers — Plural form of windhover.
- wire cloth — a material of wires of moderate fineness, used for making strainers, manufacturing paper, etc.
- wire house — a brokerage firm with branch offices connected with their main office by a private system of telephone, telegraph, and teletype wires.
- withholder — Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.