10-letter words containing w, a, s, h
- galsworthy — John, 1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- gearwheels — Plural form of gearwheel.
- guess what — used to announce news
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- hand screw — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-down — easy: a hands-down victory.
- harm's way — danger; a dangerous situation: to get out of harm's way during a storm.
- harmsworth — Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hawk's-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- headwaters — The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- how's that — If you say 'How's that?' to someone, you are asking whether something is acceptable or satisfactory.
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- 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.
- 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.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- marsh hawk — northern harrier.
- marsh wren — Also called long-billed marsh wren. a North American wren, Cistothorus palustris, that inhabits tall reed beds.
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
- raree show — peep show.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)