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

  • underthrow — to throw a ball or other object short of (the intended receiver or target)
  • unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
  • waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
  • wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
  • ward eight — a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine, and often soda water, served in a tall glass with crushed ice and sometimes garnished with an orange slice and a cherry.
  • warfighter — A soldier in combat.
  • washateria — a launderette.
  • washeteria — washateria.
  • watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
  • 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.
  • watchmaker — a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.
  • watchtower — a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.
  • water bath — a system for the control of temperature in which a vessel containing the material to be heated is set into or over one containing water and receiving the heat directly.
  • water hole — a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
  • water-bath — a system for the control of temperature in which a vessel containing the material to be heated is set into or over one containing water and receiving the heat directly.
  • water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
  • 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)
  • watersheds — Plural form of watershed.
  • watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • waterwheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
  • weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
  • weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
  • weatherman — a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
  • weathermen — Plural form of weatherman.
  • weightroom — an exercise room with weightlifting equipment.
  • wetterhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 12,149 feet (3715 meters).
  • what price — You use what price in front of a word or expression that refers to something happening when you want to ask how likely it is to happen. You usually do this to emphasize either that it is very likely or very unlikely.
  • whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
  • wheat beer — any of various beers brewed using a mixture of wheat malt and barley malt
  • wheat germ — the embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel, used in or on foods as a concentrated source of vitamins.
  • wheat rust — any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
  • wheatgrass — any of several wheatlike grasses of the genus Agropyron, grown for forage in the western U.S.
  • wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
  • wheel trim — metallic decorative trim over or around the wheels of a motor vehicle
  • whereabout — whereabouts.
  • whereafter — after which
  • whereuntil — until which
  • whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
  • whether…or — if on the one hand…or even if on the other hand
  • white amur — grass carp
  • white area — an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted
  • white bear — polar bear.
  • white crab — ghost crab.
  • white race — fair-skinned people
  • white rock — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, SE of Vancouver.
  • white room — a room from which all contaminants have been eliminated and in which temperature, humidity, and pressure are controlled: used for assembly and repair of precision mechanisms, in preventing infection, etc.
  • white rose — the emblem of the royal house of York.
  • white rust — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.
  • white work — needlework done in white on fine white cloth, especially linen.
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