11-letter words containing w, i, s, h
- walfish bay — Walvis Bay.
- wang an shi — 1021–86, Chinese statesman and writer: remembered for his economic reforms, known as the New Policies (1069–76)
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- weight loss — slimming
- weightiness — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
- well-wisher — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wellwishers — Plural form of wellwisher.
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wh question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wh-question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
- whichsoever — Whichever.
- whimberries — Plural form of whimberry.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whirlybirds — Plural form of whirlybird.
- whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
- whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whiskerless — Without whiskers.
- whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
- white goods — household appliances