12-letter words containing w, h, i, s
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
- swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- thitherwards — in that direction
- twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- webi shebeli — Webi [wey-bi] /ˈweɪ bɪ/ (Show IPA), Webi Shebeli.
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- weisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- west memphis — a city in E Arkansas, on the Mississippi.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.