10-letter words containing w, a, s, h
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
- thwartways — sideways or crosswise
- trade show — show (def 22).
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- waist-high — extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wallcharts — Plural form of wallchart.
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- wash goods — washable fabrics or garments
- wash-woman — washerwoman.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- washbasket — Alternative form of wash basket.
- washboards — Plural form of washboard.
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- 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.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watch stem — a winder
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
- wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
- welsh harp — a type of harp in which the strings are arranged in three rows, used esp for the accompaniment of singing, improvisation on folk tunes, etc
- welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- west haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whalebacks — Plural form of whaleback.
- whaleboats — Plural form of whaleboat.