11-letter words containing w, a, s, h, e
- water brash — heartburn (def 1).
- water shrew — either of two small amphibious shrews, Neomys fodiens (European water shrew) or N. anomalus (Mediterranean water shrew), having a dark pelage with paler underparts
- waterthrush — A thrushlike North American warbler related to the ovenbird, found near woodland streams and swamps.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- west helena — a city in E Arkansas.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- wharfmaster — a person who manages a wharf
- what's more — in addition
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheat sheaf — a sheaf of wheat
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- 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 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 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 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.
- whitefriars — a district in central London, England.
- 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.
- whittuesday — the day following Whitmonday.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesalers — Plural form of wholesaler.
- wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.