12-letter words containing w, h, i, s
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whereagainst — against which
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whipscorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- whipstitches — Plural form of whipstitch.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- white russia — Belorussia
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- white sapote — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white spirit — White spirit is a colourless liquid that is made from petrol and is used, for example, to make paint thinner or to clean surfaces.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- white squall — a whirlwind at sea or a violent disturbance of small radius not accompanied by clouds but indicated merely by whitecaps and turbulent water.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.
- willow south — a city in S Alaska, about 113 km (70 miles) northwest of Anchorage: chosen as the site of the projected new state capital in 1976
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- window shade — a shade or blind for a window, as a sheet of cloth or paper on a spring roller.
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- wisdom teeth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- wisdom tooth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- wisenheimers — Plural form of wisenheimer.
- wishing well — a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- with-profits — A with-profits savings scheme or financial plan is one in which the people who put money into the scheme receive extra money each year based on how successful the investment has been.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.