12-letter words starting with wh
- whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- whare wanaga — a university
- what a lark! — how amusing!
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- what…do with — to put or place
- wheel static — noise in an automobile radio induced by wheel rotation.
- wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
- wheel wobble — an oscillation of the front wheels of a vehicle caused by a defect in the steering gear, unbalanced wheels, etc
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.
- whencesoever — From whatever place or source.
- whereagainst — against which
- wherethrough — through which; because of
- wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
- whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.
- whipping boy — a person who is made to bear the blame for another's mistake; scapegoat.
- whipping top — a spinning top that is set going by striking it with a toy whip so that the lash curls around it before pulling it away quickly
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whippoorwill — a nocturnal North American nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus, having a variegated plumage of gray, black, white, and tawny.
- whipscorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- whipstitches — Plural form of whipstitch.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.
- white coffee — coffee: with milk
- white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
- white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
- white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
- white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
- white hunter — a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
- white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
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