9-letter words containing w, h, e
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- how come? — what is the reason that?
- how then? — what is the meaning of this?
- how-de-do — a greeting; salutation: She smiled and gave him a how-do-you-do fit for a king.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- howtowdie — a Scottish dish of boiled chicken with poached eggs and spinach
- hypernews — A Hypertext system from the Turing Institute Glasgow, based on NeWS.
- hyperware — (hypertext) Software that implements or uses hypertext.
- hywel dda — known as Hywel the Good. died 950 ad, Welsh prince. He united S and N Wales and codified Welsh law
- inwreathe — enwreathe.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- jewfishes — Plural form of jewfish.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightwell — (architecture) An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room.
- linewidth — (physics) a measure of the width of the band of frequencies of radiation emitted or absorbed in an atomic or molecular transition; a result of the uncertainty principle.
- lintwhite — the linnet, Carduelis cannabina.
- live with — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- meet with — to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- milkwhite — Alternative form of milk-white.
- millwheel — a wheel, especially a waterwheel, for driving a mill.
- monowheel — A vehicle similar to a unicycle, its rider sitting within or adjacent to the single wheel.
- net worth — net assets.
- new delhi — Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- new haven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new right — a group of conservatives whose views diverge from those of traditional conservatives, as in being more staunchly opposed to abortion or defense cuts.
- newchwang — Niuzhuang.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- nightwear — night clothes.