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11-letter words containing w, h, a, r

  • 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.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • ship of war — warship.
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • show around — guide round a new place
  • shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
  • sparrowhawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
  • sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • storm watch — watch (def 20).
  • straightway — straightaway.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
  • swiss chard — chard.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • the welfare — the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
  • the wharves — the working area of a dock
  • therewithal — together with that; in addition to that.
  • thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
  • thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
  • through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
  • throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
  • thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
  • under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
  • unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
  • vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
  • wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
  • wainwrights — Plural form of wainwright.
  • walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
  • ward heeler — a minor politician who canvasses voters and does other chores for a political machine or party boss.
  • warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
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