11-letter words containing w, h, e, t, r
- water right — the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
- water shrew — either of two small amphibious shrews, Neomys fodiens (European water shrew) or N. anomalus (Mediterranean water shrew), having a dark pelage with paler underparts
- water wheel — a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
- water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
- water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
- waterthrush — A thrushlike North American warbler related to the ovenbird, found near woodland streams and swamps.
- 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.
- weakhearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- weather gaw — a partial rainbow
- weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places.
- weatherable — able to withstand the effects of weather
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- 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.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weatherford — a town in N Texas.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- weatherized — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherize.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weatherworn — weather-beaten.
- weight room — weight-training gym
- weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
- werepanther — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.
- westborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- westchester — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- wharfmaster — a person who manages a wharf
- what matter — what does it matter?
- what's more — in addition
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- wheat bread — a type of bread that consists of a mixture of enriched white flour and whole-wheat flour.
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- wheat ridge — a town in central Colorado, near Denver.
- wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
- wheelwright — John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
- whenceforth — from which time or place forward
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- wherewithal — that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money: the wherewithal to pay my rent.
- whiffletree — a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.
- whippletree — whiffletree.
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- white alder — sweet pepperbush.
- white alert — (in military or civilian defense) an all-clear signal, directive, etc., indicating that the danger of air raid no longer exists.
- white birch — the European birch, Betula pendula, yielding a hard wood.
- white bread — bread baked with bleached flour
- white bream — a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna