11-letter words containing t, i, h, w
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tangle with — get involved with
- the haywain — a famous picture by John Constable
- the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
- the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
- the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
- the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
- therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
- therewithin — in or within that
- thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
- think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- third wheel — odd person out among three people
- third world — the underdeveloped nations of the world, especially those with widespread poverty.
- thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- tie in with — If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else, it is consistent with it or connected with it.
- time switch — Electronics
- tin whistle — A tin whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. You play the tin whistle by blowing into it. Tin whistles make a high sound and are often used in folk music, for example Irish music.
- to the wide — completely
- to the wire — If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
- trifle with — treat frivolously
- trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- twaite shad — a European shad
- tweet thief — a person who steals another’s tweets on the Twitter website
- twelfthtide — the season of Twelfth Night and Twelfth Day.
- twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
- twi-nighter — a twi-night doubleheader.
- twig blight — blight affecting the twigs of a plant.
- underweight — weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
- unweighting — the action of minimizing the pressure of body weight on a ski before a turn by briefly bending down or straightening up
- unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.