11-letter words containing w, i, t, h, e
- in bed with — in collusion with
- in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- in the swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- in the wild — Animals that live in the wild live in a free and natural state and are not looked after by people.
- in the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
- india wheat — a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.
- intergrowth — growth or growing together, as of one thing with or into another.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- ithiel town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
- ivory-white — of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
- kerb weight — the weight of a motor car without occupants, luggage, etc
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- lightweight — light in weight.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- on the wind — as near as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- on the wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- settle with — to pay a debt or bill to
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- shuttlewise — in the manner of a shuttle (i.e. back and forth)
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.