10-letter words containing w, h, i
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- denis howe — (person) Denis B. Howe (1960 -) Editor of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
- dip switch — computing: on-off switch
- disc wheel — a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes
- dish towel — cloth: for drying dishes
- dishtowels — Plural form of dishtowel.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- disk wheel — a spokeless vehicular wheel, especially on automobiles, having a heavy circular pressed-steel disk mounted on the wheel hub and supporting the tire rim on its outer edge.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- do without — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- downlights — Plural form of downlight.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- eisenhower — Dwight David, known as Ike. 1890–1969, US general and Republican statesman; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–45) and 34th president of the US (1953–61). He commanded Allied forces in Europe and North Africa (1942), directed the invasion of Italy (1943), and was Supreme Commander of the combined land forces of NATO (1950–52)
- either way — whichever is true
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fight down — If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.
- fish wheel — a trap for catching salmon, consisting of a revolving wheel with attached nets set in a river so that it is turned by the current to capture the passing fish.
- flat white — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and nonfrothy steamed milk.
- flyweights — Plural form of flyweight.
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- fright wig — a wig of wild, unruly hair, especially hair projecting outward in all directions, as worn by some clowns and comedians to give a comic effect of extreme fright or excitement.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- go in with — share cost
- go without — be deprived of, not have
- grow light — a fluorescent light bulb designed to emit light of a wavelength conducive to plant growth.
- hair weave — the process of hairweaving.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
- hard-wired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- hedgewitch — A modern witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- high water — water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.