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11-letter words containing t, o, h, w

  • whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
  • white bacon — bacon (def 2).
  • white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • 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 sound — white noise.
  • 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 volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
  • white-glove — meticulous; painstaking; minute: a white-glove inspection.
  • white-robed — clothed in a white robe.
  • whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
  • whiteboyism — the principles or conduct of the Whiteboys
  • whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
  • whitethroat — any of several small songbirds having a throat that is white, especially an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.
  • whitlowwort — any of several small, tufted plants belonging to the genus Paronychia, of the pink family, native to temperate and warm regions, having opposite or whorled leaves and tiny, greenish flowers.
  • 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 cloth — pure fabrication: fiction, invention
  • whole-wheat — prepared with the complete wheat kernel.
  • wholesomest — Superlative form of wholesome.
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • whoop it up — a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
  • whore after — to pursue something immoral or depraved
  • whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • widemouthed — (of a person, object, body of water, etc.) having a mouth that is wide: a widemouthed river.
  • win through — succeed despite obstacles
  • 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
  • witchdoctor — Alternative form of witch doctor.
  • 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.
  • woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
  • wood thrush — a large thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, common in woodlands of eastern North America, and noted for its melodious song.
  • workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
  • worthington — a town in central Ohio.
  • worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
  • 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."
  • yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
  • yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
  • yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.
  • zero growth — a lack of increase or development
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