10-letter words containing w, h, a, t, o
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- 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.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- soft wheat — a wheat characterized by soft, starchy kernels that yield a flour used in making pastry, breakfast cereals, etc.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- tawheowheo — a broadleaved evergreen, Quintinia serrata, of New Zealand's North Island
- thoughtway — a habitual manner of thought in a particular group of people.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- throatwort — Campanula Trachelium, a bellflower having purplish flowers and a throat-shaped corolla and once thought to cure sore throats
- throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
- throw away — 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.
- throw back — 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.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- trade show — show (def 22).
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- two-handed — having two hands.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
- watchwoman — A female watchman.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- whaleboats — Plural form of whaleboat.
- what about — You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request.
- what goes? — what's happening?
- whatabouts — what one is doing generally; things that are occupying someone
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- wheat pool — (in Western Canada) a cereal farmers' cooperative
- wheatstone — Sir Charles, 1802–75, English physicist and inventor.
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- whereabout — whereabouts.
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.