11-letter words containing w, h, e
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- new thought — a system of doctrine and practice originating in the 19th century and stressing the power of thought to control physical and mental events.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
- old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
- on the town — a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- on the wane — If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
- on the wind — as near as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- on the wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- or whatever — You say or whatever to refer generally to something else of the same kind as the thing or things that you have just mentioned.
- or wherever — You use or wherever to say that something might happen in a place other than the place you have mentioned, but that you are not able to say exactly where.
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- other world — the world after death; the future world.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.
- otherworldy — With a quality unlike those normal to everyday life, or outside typical human experience.
- otter shrew — a chiefly aquatic insectivore, Potamogale velox, of western Africa, that resembles an otter, having sleek, brown fur and a flattened tail.
- outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
- overthrower — someone or somethng that overthrows another
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- pipe wrench — a tool having two toothed jaws, one fixed and the other free to grip pipes and other tubular objects when the tool is turned in one direction only.
- powder horn — a powder flask made from the horn of a cow or ox.
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
- scape wheel — escape wheel.