10-letter words containing w, h, s
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- headwaters — The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- helmswomen — Plural form of helmswoman.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- herdswomen — Plural form of herdswoman.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- hollowness — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- homeowners — Plural form of homeowner.
- horse show — a competitive display of the capabilities and qualities of horses and their riders or handlers, usually held as an annual event.
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsepower — a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
- horsewhips — Plural form of horsewhip.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- horsewomen — Plural form of horsewoman.
- hot switch — a rapid transfer from one point of origin to another during a broadcast.
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- house wren — a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses.
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- housewives — Plural form of housewife.
- how's that — If you say 'How's that?' to someone, you are asking whether something is acceptable or satisfactory.
- howsomever — in whatever manner, although
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- huntswomen — Plural form of huntswoman.
- ill-wisher — a person who wishes misfortune to another.
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- jobsworths — Plural form of jobsworth.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- killswitch — Alternative spelling of kill switch.
- know-hows' — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.