5-letter words containing w, h
- sowth — a sheep
- swash — to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers.
- swath — the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- swish — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- swith — Chiefly British Dialect. immediately; quickly.
- thawy — relating to a thaw; tending to thaw or melt
- theow — a slave in Anglo-Saxon Britain
- thews — Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- thewy — Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- thraw — British Dialect. to throw.
- threw — a simple past tense of throw.
- throw — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- tihwa — Dihua.
- wahoo — any of various American shrubs or small trees, as the winged elm, Ulmus alata, or a linden, Tilia heterophylla.
- walsh — Courtney (Andrew). born 1962, West Indian cricketer, born in Jamaica: a fast bowler, he took 519 wickets in 132 test matches (1984–2001)
- warsh — (Appalachian) wash.
- washi — A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
- washo — a member of a tribe of North American Indians living in western Nevada and northeastern California.
- washy — diluted too much; weak: washy coffee.
- watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- wathe — The pursuit of game; hunting.
- waugh — Alec (Alexander Raban) 1898–1981, English novelist, traveler, and lecturer (son of Arthur, brother of Evelyn).
- wecht — (Scotland) weight.
- weigh — 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.
- welch — welsh.
- welsh — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
- wench — a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- wersh — tasteless; insipid
- wghof — World Golf Hall Of Fame
- whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- whall — A light colour of the iris in horses; the state of being walleyed.
- whams — a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact: the wham of a pile driver.
- whang — a thong, especially of leather.
- whaps — Plural form of whap.
- whare — Maori hut.
- wharf — a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- whata — a building on stilts or a raised platform for storing provisions
- whats — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- whaup — a curlew, Numenius arquata.
- wheal — a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- wheat — the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- wheek — The sound made by a guinea pig.
- wheel — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- wheen — few.
- wheep — (of a bird) to whistle weakly
- whelk — a pimple or pustule.
- whelm — to submerge; engulf.
- whelp — the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc.
- whens — at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?