10-letter words containing w, h, i, s
- ill-wisher — a person who wishes misfortune to another.
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- killswitch — Alternative spelling of kill switch.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- misworship — a form of worship that is wrong
- nightgowns — Plural form of nightgown.
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
- non-jewish — not practising Judaism
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- pussy-whip — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- reichswehr — the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- 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.
- shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- solo whist — a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven specified bids.
- squauwmish — Squamish.
- stick with — not vary or deviate from
- stiff with — amply provided with
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
- stitchwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
- stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music