11-letter words containing w, a, l, h
- hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- leatherwear — clothing and accessories made of leather.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- low-alcohol — (of beer or wine) containing only a small amount of alcohol
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- marshmallow — a sweetened paste or confection made from the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
- shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
- southwardly — toward the south
- spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
- talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
- tangle with — get involved with
- the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
- the gallows — execution by hanging