10-letter words containing w, h, n
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- unweighing — not weighing or considering; thoughtless
- 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
- unworthily — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wainwright — Jonathan Mayhew [mey-hyoo] /ˈmeɪ hyu/ (Show IPA), 1883–1953, U.S. general.
- wallachian — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- walsingham — Sir Francis, c1530–90, English statesman: secretary of state 1573–90.
- wanderjahr — a year or period of travel, especially following one's schooling and before practicing a profession.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- wash-woman — washerwoman.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- watchnight — Alternative form of watch night.
- watchwoman — A female watchman.
- watchwomen — Plural form of watchwoman.
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
- weakhanded — having weak hands.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- weatherman — a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
- weathermen — Plural form of weatherman.
- weeknights — Plural form of weeknight.
- 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.
- weight man — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
- weightings — Plural form of weighting.
- well-shown — a past participle of show.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- welshwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- west haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- wetterhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 12,149 feet (3715 meters).
- whalebones — Plural form of whalebone.
- wharfinger — a person who owns or has charge of a wharf.
- what then? — what would happen in that case?
- whatsaname — Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember.
- wheatstone — Sir Charles, 1802–75, English physicist and inventor.
- wheeziness — The state of being wheezy.
- wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
- whensoever — Whenever; at any time at all.
- whereunder — under which
- whereuntil — until which
- whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.