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10-letter words containing w, u, h

  • lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
  • lukewarmth — lukewarmness
  • lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
  • newshounds — Plural form of newshound.
  • outgrowths — Plural form of outgrowth.
  • outweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of outweigh.
  • ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
  • pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
  • possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
  • powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
  • punch bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
  • punch-bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
  • pussy-whip — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • rough work — a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc
  • rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
  • rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
  • shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
  • show house — theater (def 1).
  • showground — outdoor events venue
  • shrewmouse — a shrew.
  • shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
  • snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
  • south-west — The south-west is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • spur wheel — spur gear.
  • squauwmish — Squamish.
  • sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
  • thoughtway — a habitual manner of thought in a particular group of people.
  • throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • thumbwheel — a small, partially exposed wheel that can be turned with a thumb or finger and is found on various devices such as computers or instruments
  • touch down — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • touch wood — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • town house — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
  • trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
  • unchewable — not able to be chewed; tough
  • underthrow — to throw a ball or other object short of (the intended receiver or target)
  • underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • unhallowed — not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.
  • unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
  • unshowered — not having been showered
  • unswitched — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
  • unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
  • unweighing — not weighing or considering; thoughtless
  • unweighted — not burdened or encumbered with a heavy load or with mental or emotional matters, problems, etc.
  • unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • unwithheld — not withheld; given rather than held back
  • unworthily — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
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