10-letter words containing w, e, t, h, r
- lower hutt — an industrial town in New Zealand on the S coast of North Island. Pop: 100 300 (2004 est)
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- mother wit — natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense.
- mother yaw — the initial lesion of yaws, occurring at the site of inoculation.
- motherwell — Robert, 1915–91, U.S. painter.
- motherwort — a European plant, Leonorus cardiaca, of the mint family, an introduced weed in the U.S., having cut leaves with a whorl of lavender flowers in the axils.
- nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
- netherward — bottom-most, lowest
- newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
- north-west — The north-west is the direction which is halfway between north and west.
- noteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- otherwhere — elsewhere.
- otherwhile — at another time or other times.
- otherworld — A world beyond death; an afterlife.
- overgrowth — a growth overspreading or covering something.
- overthwart — to lie across
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- printwheel — daisy wheel.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- sternwheel — a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.
- 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.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- the bowery — a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- throw open — to open completely and suddenly
- throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- trade show — show (def 22).
- tree shrew — any of several insectivorous, arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae, of southern Asia and adjacent islands, resembling a squirrel and having a long snout.
- tweetheart — a sweetheart on the Twitter website
- two-hander — a play for two actors