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11-letter words containing w, e, t, r, h

  • white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
  • white dwarf — a star, approximately the size of the earth, that has undergone gravitational collapse and is in the final stage of evolution for low-mass stars, beginning hot and white and ending cold and dark (black dwarf)
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • white friar — a Carmelite friar: so called from the distinctive white cloak worn by the order.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • white horse — a white-topped wave; whitecap.
  • white meter — an electricity meter used to record the consumption of off-peak electricity
  • white paper — paper bleached white.
  • white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • white river — a river flowing SE from NW Arkansas into the Mississippi River. 690 miles (1110 km) long.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • white trash — a member of the class of poor whites, especially in the southern U.S.
  • white water — fast-moving foamy water
  • white-bread — pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
  • white-robed — clothed in a white robe.
  • whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
  • whitefeller — (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
  • whitefriars — a district in central London, England.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
  • whitethroat — any of several small songbirds having a throat that is white, especially an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.
  • whitewasher — One who, or that which, whitewashes.
  • whitewaters — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • whitherward — toward what place; in what direction.
  • whitleather — white leather.
  • whore after — to pursue something immoral or depraved
  • whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • windcheater — a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.
  • winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
  • winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
  • wire-stitch — to stitch (the backs of gathered sections) by means of a machine that automatically forms staples from a continuous reel of wire.
  • witch alder — a shrub, Fothergilla gardenii, of the witch hazel family, native to the southeastern U.S., having spikes of white flowers that bloom before the leaves appear.
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • wither away — weaken and die
  • witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • withershins — in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • withstander — A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
  • woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
  • workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
  • worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
  • wretchedest — Superlative form of wretched.
  • zero growth — a lack of increase or development
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