10-letter words containing w, h, i, d
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- to do with — concerning; related to
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- two-thirds — Two-thirds of something is an amount that is two out of three equal parts of it.
- unswitched — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- unweighted — not burdened or encumbered with a heavy load or with mental or emotional matters, problems, etc.
- unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- unwithheld — not withheld; given rather than held back
- uphillward — in an uphill direction
- wadi halfa — a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
- waiterhood — the state of being a waiter
- 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.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weighboard — a thin layer (e.g. shale or clay) between bands of thicker strata (e.g. limestone or sandstone)
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- whing-ding — wing-ding.
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
- whipped up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- whirlwinds — Plural form of whirlwind.
- whirlybird — helicopter.
- white damp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- white lead — a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3 ⋅Pb(OH) 2 , used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.
- whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
- whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
- whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- whiteheads — Plural form of whitehead.
- whitewoods — Plural form of whitewood.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- whodunnits — Plural form of whodunnit.
- wild child — Journalists sometimes use wild child to refer to a teenage girl who enjoys herself in an uncontrolled way, for example by going to a lot of parties.
- wild horse — horse which is untamed
- wild pitch — a pitched ball that the catcher misses and could not be expected to catch, resulting in a base runner's or runners' advancing one or more bases or the batter's reaching first base safely.
- wild thyme — mother-of-thyme.
- wind chest — a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.
- wind chill — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
- wind shaft — the shaft driven by the sails of a windmill.