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10-letter words starting with wh

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
  • whitebelly — (zoology) Applied to various kinds of animal characterized by a white belly.
  • whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
  • whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
  • whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
  • whitecoats — Plural form of whitecoat.
  • whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
  • whiteflies — Plural form of whitefly.
  • whiteheads — Plural form of whitehead.
  • whitehorse — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
  • whitepaper — Alternative spelling of white paper.
  • whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
  • whitesmith — a tinsmith.
  • whitespace — Alternative spelling of white space.
  • whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
  • whitewalls — Plural form of whitewall.
  • whitewater — of or moving over or through rapids: whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.
  • whitewoods — Plural form of whitewood.
  • whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
  • whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
  • whitterick — a weasel or stout
  • whittlings — the act of a person who whittles.
  • whizz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
  • whizzbangs — Plural form of whizzbang.
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