11-letter words containing w, a, s, h
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- home waters — territorial waters
- 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.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- howard moss — Howard, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- jew-s--harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- 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).
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- 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.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- 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.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.