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11-letter words containing w, o, s, h, i

  • snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
  • 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.
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
  • vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
  • waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
  • warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
  • 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?
  • whichsoever — Whichever.
  • whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
  • whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
  • whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
  • 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.
  • whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • white goods — household appliances
  • white horse — a white-topped wave; whitecap.
  • white house — Also called Executive Mansion. the official residence of the president of the United States, in Washington, D.C.: a large, two-story, freestone building painted white.
  • white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
  • white noise — Also called white sound. a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.
  • white sound — white noise.
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • white toast — toasted white bread
  • whiteboards — Plural form of whiteboard.
  • whiteboyism — the principles or conduct of the Whiteboys
  • whitethorns — Plural form of whitethorn.
  • whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
  • wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
  • wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • window sash — the frame holding the pane of a window.
  • window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
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