10-letter words containing w, a, h, i
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- tegakwitha — Tekakwitha
- tekakwitha — Kateri [kah-tuh-ree] /ˈkɑ tə ri/ (Show IPA), or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- uphillward — in an uphill direction
- wadi halfa — a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wainwright — Jonathan Mayhew [mey-hyoo] /ˈmeɪ hyu/ (Show IPA), 1883–1953, U.S. general.
- waist-high — extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- wall light — lamp set into or hung from a wall
- wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- washeteria — washateria.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- waxahachie — a city in NE central Texas.
- wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- weight man — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- wheelchair — a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
- whiggamore — one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents
- while away — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whim-whams — nervousness or fright (esp in the phrase give someone the whim-whams)
- whip graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whip-smart — extremely clever
- whip-stall — a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.