10-letter words containing wh
- whiskering — (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a
- whisky mac — a drink consisting of whisky and ginger wine
- whiskyjack — (Canada) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
- whisperous — whispery.
- whistle up — to call or summon (a person or animal) by whistling
- white amur — grass carp
- white area — an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted
- white bass — an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines.
- white bear — polar bear.
- white belt — a white cloth waistband worn by a beginner in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate.
- white book — an official report issued by a government, usually bound in white.
- white buck — a casual oxford shoe made of white buckskin.
- white cake — a cake that is pale in color because its batter contains the whites of eggs but no yolks
- white cell — leukocyte
- white chip — a white-colored chip having the lowest value (contrasted with blue chip).
- white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
- white coat — a white coat worn over everyday clothes by a doctor in a hospital or a scientist
- white crab — ghost crab.
- white damp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- white fish — any of several fishes of the family Coregonidae, inhabiting northern waters of North America and Eurasia, similar to the trout but having a smaller mouth and larger scales. Compare lake whitefish, round whitefish.
- white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
- white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
- white hake — a food fish, Urophycis tenuis, inhabiting marine waters, especially off the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- white hass — a pudding containing oatmeal
- white heat — a stage of intense activity, excitement, feeling, etc.: The sales campaign is at white heat.
- white hole — pigeonhole (def 3).
- white hope — a person who is expected to accomplish much in a given field: the white hope of the American theater.
- white lady — a cocktail consisting of gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice
- white lead — a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3 ⋅Pb(OH) 2 , used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.
- white lias — a type of rock composed of pale-coloured limestones and marls
- white line — a stripe of white paint, tiles, or the like, that marks the center or outer edge of a road.
- white list — a list of novels, motion pictures, etc., deemed suitable for juveniles, members of a particular faith, or other specified groups of individuals.
- white lung — asbestosis.
- white meat — light-coloured poultry flesh
- white mule — moonshine (def 1).
- white nile — the part of the Nile that flows NE to Khartoum, Sudan. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- white pass — a mountain pass in SE Alaska, near Skagway. 2888 feet (880 meters) high.
- white pine — a large, irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern North America, having gray bark and yielding a light-colored, soft, light wood of great commercial importance.
- white race — fair-skinned people
- white rock — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, SE of Vancouver.
- white room — a room from which all contaminants have been eliminated and in which temperature, humidity, and pressure are controlled: used for assembly and repair of precision mechanisms, in preventing infection, etc.
- white rose — the emblem of the royal house of York.
- white rust — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.
- white sage — Also called greasewood. a shrubby plant, Salvia apiana, of the mint family, native to southern California, having white, hairy foliage and spikes of white or pale lavender flowers.
- white sale — a sale of sheets, pillowcases, and other white goods.
- white shoe — of or relating to members of the upper class who own or run large corporations: white-shoe bankers; a conservative white-shoe image.
- white wine — wine having a yellowish to amber color derived from the light-colored grapes used in production, or from dark grapes whose skins, pulp, and seeds have been removed before fermentation.
- white work — needlework done in white on fine white cloth, especially linen.
- white-face — a Hereford.