11-letter words containing w, h, a, t, o
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the wagoner — Auriga
- 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
- unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walthamstow — a former borough, now part of Waltham Forest, in SE England.
- watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- weatherford — a town in N Texas.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weatherworn — weather-beaten.
- weigh a ton — If you say that something weighs a ton, you mean that it is extremely heavy.
- whacked out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- whacked-out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- what though — what difference does it make that
- what's more — in addition
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- white toast — toasted white bread
- white volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
- whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
- whitethroat — any of several small songbirds having a throat that is white, especially an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.
- whole-wheat — prepared with the complete wheat kernel.
- whore after — to pursue something immoral or depraved
- whoremaster — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
- workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
- yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
- yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.