10-letter words starting with wh
- whimsiness — the quality of being whimsy
- whing-ding — wing-ding.
- whip graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
- whip-smart — extremely clever
- whip-stall — a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.
- whiplashes — Plural form of whiplash.
- whipped up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whipper-in — Fox Hunting. a professional or honorary member of a hunt staff who assists the huntsman with the hounds.
- whippeting — the sport of racing whippets
- whippiness — flexibility
- whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
- whipstalls — Plural form of whipstall.
- whipstitch — to sew with stitches passing over an edge, in joining, finishing, or gathering.
- whipstocks — Plural form of whipstock.
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- whirlblast — a blast of wind
- whirligigs — Plural form of whirligig.
- whirlingly — With a whirling motion.
- whirlpools — Plural form of whirlpool.
- whirlwinds — Plural form of whirlwind.
- whirlybird — helicopter.
- whiskbroom — A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
- 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