11-letter words containing w, h, n
- fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- get in with — start to associate with
- get nowhere — make no progress
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- grandnephew — a son of one's nephew or niece.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- growth ring — annual ring.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- hammer down — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hand waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- hand-waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbarrows — Plural form of handbarrow.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hardwareman — (obsolete) An ironmonger.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hash browns — fried potato cake
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- hem and haw — the utterance or sound of “hem.”.
- hence with! — away with!
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hollowpoint — Alternative form of hollow point.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- honey wagon — a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
- honey-sweet — sweet as honey.
- hoodwinking — Present participle of hoodwink.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
- howe, denis — Denis Howe