10-letter words containing w
- home-grown — grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
- homebrewer — One who brews his or her own beer or other alcoholic beverage; one who homebrews.
- homeowners — Plural form of homeowner.
- homeworker — a person who works at home for pay, especially a pieceworker.
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- hoodwinked — to deceive or trick.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- horse show — a competitive display of the capabilities and qualities of horses and their riders or handlers, usually held as an annual event.
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsepower — a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
- horsewhips — Plural form of horsewhip.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- horsewomen — Plural form of horsewoman.
- hot switch — a rapid transfer from one point of origin to another during a broadcast.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- hotel work — any of various jobs required in a hotel, such as receptionists, waiters, etc
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- house wren — a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses.
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- housewives — Plural form of housewife.
- how's that — If you say 'How's that?' to someone, you are asking whether something is acceptable or satisfactory.
- howsomever — in whatever manner, although
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- huntswomen — Plural form of huntswoman.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- hydropower — hydroelectric power.
- hyperaware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- hyperpower — an extremely powerful state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity
- idle wheel — a wheel for transmitting power and motion between a driving and a driven part, either by friction or by means of teeth.
- ill-willed — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
- ill-wisher — a person who wishes misfortune to another.
- imari ware — Japanese porcelain noted for its rich floral underglaze decoration in iron-red, blue, and gold, and later copied in China and Europe.
- impowering — Present participle of impower.
- in a sweat — perspiring
- in a while — a short time from now
- in a whirl — If a person or their mind is in a whirl, they are very confused or excited.
- in between — Usually, betweens. a short needle with a rounded eye and a sharp point, used for fine hand stitchery in heavy fabric.
- in my view — You use in my view when you want to indicate that you are stating a personal opinion, which other people might not agree with.
- in the raw — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- in the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- in view of — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
- in-between — a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.