11-letter words containing wh
- wheel horse — Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle.
- wheelbarrow — a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- wheelhouses — Plural form of wheelhouse.
- wheelie bin — refuse bin on wheels
- wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
- wheelwright — John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- whenceforth — from which time or place forward
- where away? — in what direction?
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- wheresoever — Wherever.
- wherewithal — that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money: the wherewithal to pay my rent.
- wheyishness — the quality of being wheyish
- whichsoever — Whichever.
- whidah bird — any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus Vidua and related genera, the males of which grow very long tail feathers in the breeding season
- whiffletree — a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- whimberries — Plural form of whimberry.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whimsically — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- whip-tailed — having a long, slender tail like a whip.
- whippletree — whiffletree.
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whirlybirds — Plural form of whirlybird.
- whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
- whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whiskerless — Without whiskers.
- whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- 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.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- whistlingly — with a whistle; in a whistling manner
- whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white alder — sweet pepperbush.
- white alert — (in military or civilian defense) an all-clear signal, directive, etc., indicating that the danger of air raid no longer exists.
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white bacon — bacon (def 2).
- white birch — the European birch, Betula pendula, yielding a hard wood.
- white bread — bread baked with bleached flour
- white bream — a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
- white cedar — any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) of northeastern North America.
- white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.