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11-letter words containing s, w, i, t, h

  • whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
  • whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
  • whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
  • white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • white goods — household appliances
  • white horse — a white-topped wave; whitecap.
  • white house — Also called Executive Mansion. the official residence of the president of the United States, in Washington, D.C.: a large, two-story, freestone building painted white.
  • white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
  • white noise — Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
  • white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
  • white sauce — a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
  • white sound — white noise.
  • white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
  • white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • white toast — toasted white bread
  • white trash — a member of the class of poor whites, especially in the southern U.S.
  • whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
  • whiteboyism — the principles or conduct of the Whiteboys
  • whitefishes — Plural form of whitefish.
  • whitefriars — a district in central London, England.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • whitesmiths — Plural form of whitesmith.
  • whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
  • whitewashed — Simple past tense and past participle of whitewash.
  • whitewasher — One who, or that which, whitewashes.
  • whitewashes — Plural form of whitewash.
  • whitewaters — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • whitishness — The quality of being whitish.
  • whitsuntide — the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
  • whittuesday — the day following Whitmonday.
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
  • witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
  • witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.
  • with a rush — suddenly and forcefully
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • withdrawals — Plural form of withdrawal.
  • withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
  • witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • withindoors — into or inside the house.
  • withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
  • wrist watch — a watch attached to a strap or band worn about the wrist.
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